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%±%
Fianna Fáil 83-16,73924.15-0.45
Fine Gael 66+17,11925.52+1.08
Sinn Féin 108+29,94735.65+1.27
Aontú 20-9323.34+2.02
Green 20-5381.93-0.59
Irish Freedom 10-4221.51new
Independent 71-22,5569.16-3.59
Total3618Steady2.svg27,901100.00

Candidates 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%)  

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