2024 Monaghan County Council election

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2024 Monaghan County Council election
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  2019 7 June 20242029 

All 18 seats on Monaghan County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
 
Party Sinn Féin Fine Gael Fianna Fáil
Last election654

 
Party Independent
Last election3

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Area of Monaghan County Council

An election to all 18 seats on Monaghan County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Monaghan is divided into 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). [2]

Contents

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

ConstituencyCouncillorParty
Monaghan Brian McKenna [ citation needed ] Sinn Féin

Results by party

PartyCandidatesSeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Sinn Féin
Aontú
Green
Independent
Total18Steady2.svg100.00

Results by LEA

^  *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^  †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.

Ballybay–Clones

BallybayClones: 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Fianna Fáil John Connolly [3]
Fianna Fáil Seamus Coyle [*] [3]
Fine Gael Seán Gilliland [*] [4]
Fianna Fáil Martina Durkan [3]
Sinn Féin Sinéad Flynn [5] [6]
Aontú Olivia Larkin [7]
Sinn Féin Pat Treanor [*] [5] [6]
Fine Gael Richard Truell [*] [4]
Quota: 

    Carrickmacross–Castleblayney

    CarrickmacrossCastleblayney: 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Fine Gael Aidan Campbell [*] [4]
    Sinn Féin Colm Carthy [*] [6]
    Fine Gael Peter Conlon [] [4]
    Green Tate Donnelly [8]
    Aontú James Duffy [9]
    Sinn Féin Paul Gibbons [10] [6]
    Sinn Féin Noel Keelan [*] [6]
    Sinn Féin Aoife Kindlon [6] [11]
    Fianna Fáil Aoife McCooey [*] [3]
    Fianna Fáil PJ O'Hanlon [*] [3]
    Quota: 

      Monaghan

      Monaghan: 7 Seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Fianna Fáil Raymond Aughey [*] [3]
      Sinn Féin Cathy Bennett [*] [12] [6] [13]
      Fianna Fáil Brian Clerkin [3]
      Fine Gael Pauric Clerkin [4] [14]
      Sinn Féin Seán Conlan [*] [6] [13]
      Fine Gael David Maxwell [*] [4]
      Sinn Féin Bronagh McAree [6] [13]
      Sinn Féin Niamh McCooey [6] [15] [13]
      Fianna Fáil Eamonn Treanor [3]
      Quota: 

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