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PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE TEXT The subject matter of the Referendum was described as follows: :The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1968, proposes –
OVERVIEW It was a second attemptThe first attempt to abolish Proportional representation was in 1958; see Third Amendment Of The Constitution Bill, 1958 . to alter the electoral system for elections to Dáil Éireann from Proportional Representation under the Single Transferable Vote to the British ' First Past The Post ' system. The proposal was put to a referendum on 16 October , 1968 but was rejected. It was introduced by the Fianna Fáil government of Jack Lynch but was opposed by Fine Gael , the main opposition party, and by the Labour Party . The Fourth Amendment, 1968 was rejected by 657,898 (60.8%) against to 423,496 (39.2%) in favour. The Third Amendment Of The Constitution Bill, 1968 was submitted to a referendum on the same day and was also rejected. RESULT SEE ALSO
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