Referendum on Third Amendment of Constitution Bill 1958 (The voting system)

Polling at the referendum took place on Wednesday, 17 June 1959. A presidential election took place on the same day. The following summary of the principal proposals in the Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1958 was circulated for the information of voters: "At present, members of Dáil Éireann are elected on a system of proportional representation for constituencies returning at least three members, each voter having a single transferable vote. It is proposed in the Bill to abolish the system of proportional representation and to adopt, instead, a system of single-member constituencies, each voter having a single non-transferable vote. It is also proposed in the Bill to set up a Commission for the determination and revision of the constituencies, instead of having this done by the Oireachtas, as at present.”