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 was 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
BallybayClones Hugh McElvaney Independent

Results by party

Party [3] [4] [5] CandidatesSeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Sinn Féin 108+29,94735.21+1.27
Fine Gael 66+17,11925.20+1.08
Fianna Fáil 83-16,73923.85-0.45
Aontú 20-9323.30+2.02
Green 20-5381.90-0.59
Irish Freedom 10-4221.49new
Independent 71-22,5569.05-3.59
Total3618Steady2.svg28253100.00

Analysis of Election

Monaghan proved to be a success story for Sinn Féin as the party re-captured a seat in Carrickmacross-Castleblayney from Fianna Fáil which they had lost at the last local election in 2019 and Sinn Féin also took a second seat in Ballybay-Clones with the retirement of the outgoing Independent, Hughie McElvaney to emerge as the largest party with 8 seats. Independent and former TD, Paudge Connolly, also lost his seat in the Monaghan LEA to Fine Gael who increased their numbers to 7. Fianna Fáil declined further to just 3 seats in number.

Results by LEA

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

Ballybay–Clones

BallybayClones: 5 seats [6] [7]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Fianna Fáil Seamus Coyle [*] 19.67%1,665     
Fine Gael Ricard Truell [*] 18.66%1,579     
Fine Gael Seán Gilliland [*] 14.34%1,2141,301 1,410 1,444  
Sinn Féin Sinéad Flynn14.03%1,1871,219 1,228 1,259 1,330 1,459
Sinn Féin Pat Treanor [*] 12.77%1,0811,095 1,109 1,188 1,233 1,355
Aontú Olivia Larkin7.37%624638 651 671 836 965
Irish Freedom Mark Brady4.99%422441 444 448   
Fianna Fáil Martina Durkan4.93%417469 482 586 622  
Fianna Fáil John Connolly3.24%274310 317    
Electorate: 15,264  Valid: 8,463  Spoilt: 98  Quota: 1,411  Turnout: 8,561 (56.09%)  

    Carrickmacross–Castleblayney

    CarrickmacrossCastleblayney: 6 seats [8] [9]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Fianna Fáil PJ O'Hanlon [*] 14.84%1,478       
    Fine Gael Aidan Campbell [*] 14.02%1,3961,400 1,421 1,526    
    Sinn Féin Colm Carthy [*] 13.67%1,3621,368 1,394 1,456    
    Sinn Féin Noel Keelan [*] 12.00%1,1951,201 1,215 1,227 1,230 1,306 1,687 
    Fine Gael Peter Conlon [] 9.77%973985 996 1,061 1,078 1,137 1,222 1,251
    Sinn Féin Paul Gibbons9.26%922922 949 987 998 1,042 1,198 1,416
    Sinn Féin Aoife Kindlon7.00%697700 708 738 740 797   
    Fianna Fáil Aoife McCooey [*] 6.50%647667 690 786 828 876 931 948
    Independent Seamus Hanratty5.40%538539 633 663 663    
    Green Tate Donnelly4.46%444446 470      
    Aontú James Duffy3.09%308309       
    Electorate: 18,438  Valid: 9,960  Spoilt: 111  Quota: 1,423  Turnout: 10,071 (54.62%)  

      Monaghan

      Monaghan: 7 Seats [10] [11]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Sinn Féin Cathy Bennett [*] 12.53%1,232      
      Fianna Fáil Raymond Aughey [*] 11.42%1,1231,135 1,156 1,315   
      Independent Seamus Treanor [*] 10.97%1,0781,110 1,198 1,251   
      Sinn Féin Seán Conlan [*] 8.76%861879 892 906 908 1,164 1,250
      Fine Gael Pauric Clerkin10.24%1,0071,028 1,032 1,064 1,073 1,097 1,218
      Sinn Féin Bronagh McAree7.87%774789 795 808 813 1,043 1,195
      Fine Gael David Maxwell [*] 9.66%950971 979 1,009 1,017 1,049 1,163
      Fianna Fáil Brian 'Beano' Clerkin7.11%699713 720 782 828 847 936
      Independent Paudge Connolly [*] 6.35%624649 669 717 731 792  
      Sinn Féin Niamh McCooey6.47%636648 657 681 683   
      Fianna Fáil Eamon Treanor4.44%436441 445     
      Independent Colin Walker1.81%178204      
      Green Deividas Pauliukonis0.96%94      
      Independent Denis O'Higgins0.66%65      
      Independent Paddy Grenham0.61%60      
      Independent Jimmy 'Stavrous' Mee0.13%13      
      Electorate: 19,207  Valid: 9,830  Spoilt: 143  Quota: 1,229  Turnout: 9,973 (51.92%)  

        References

        1. "Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick Monaghanral elections". Gov.ie (Press release). Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6 April 2024.
        2. "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
        3. https://monaghan.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Count1-State-of-the-Poll.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
        4. https://monaghan.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Count-1-State-of-the-Poll.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
        5. https://monaghan.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Count1-State-of-the-Poll-1.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
        6. "Notice of Poll Ballybay–Clones" (PDF). Monaghan County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
        7. "Ballybay-Clones LEA Results" . Retrieved 14 June 2024.
        8. "Notice of Poll Carrickmacross" (PDF). Monaghan County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
        9. "Carrickmacross-Castleblayney LEA Results" . Retrieved 14 June 2024.
        10. "Notice of Poll Monaghan" (PDF). Monaghan County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
        11. "Monaghan LEA Results" . Retrieved 14 June 2024.