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2024 Monaghan County Council election

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2024 Monaghan County Council election

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All 18 seats on Monaghan County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
 
Party Sinn Féin Fine Gael Fianna Fáil
Last election 6 5 4

 
Party Independent
Last election 3

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]

Retiring incumbents[edit]

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

Constituency Councillor Party
Monaghan Brian McKenna [citation needed] Sinn Féin

Results by party[edit]

Party Candidates Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 8
Fine Gael 6
Sinn Féin 10
Aontú 2
Green 2
Irish Freedom 1
Independent 7
Total 36 18 Steady 100.00

Candidates by LEA[edit]

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

Ballybay–Clones[edit]

BallybayClones: 5 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil Seamus Coyle[*] 19.7% 1,665
Fine Gael Richard Truell[*] 18.7% 1,579
Fine Gael Seán Gilliland[*] 14.3% 1,214
Sinn Féin Sinéad Flynn 14.0% 1,187
Sinn Féin Pat Treanor[*] 12.8% 1,081
Aontú Olivia Larkin 7.4% 624
Irish Freedom Mark Brady 5.0% 422
Fianna Fáil Martina Durkan 4.9% 417
Fianna Fáil John Connolly 3.2% 274
Electorate: 15,264   Valid: 8,463   Spoilt: 98   Quota: 1,411   Turnout: 8,561 (56.1%)  

Carrickmacross–Castleblayney[edit]

CarrickmacrossCastleblayney: 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fine Gael Aidan Campbell[*]
Sinn Féin Colm Carthy[*]
Fine Gael Peter Conlon[†]
Green Tate Donnelly
Aontú James Duffy
Sinn Féin Paul Gibbons
Independent Seamus Hanratty
Sinn Féin Noel Keelan[*]
Sinn Féin Aoife Kindlon
Fianna Fáil Aoife McCooey[*]
Fianna Fáil PJ O'Hanlon[*]
Quota:  

Monaghan[edit]

Monaghan: 7 Seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil Raymond Aughey[*]
Sinn Féin Cathy Bennett[*]
Fianna Fáil Brian Clerkin
Fine Gael Pauric Clerkin
Sinn Féin Seán Conlan[*]
Independent Paudge Connolly
Independent Paddy Grenham
Fine Gael David Maxwell[*]
Sinn Féin Bronagh McAree
Sinn Féin Niamh McCooey
Independent Jimmy Mee
Independent Denis O'Higgins
Green Deividas Pauliukonis
Fianna Fáil Eamonn Treanor
Independent Seamus Traenor
Independent Colin Walker
Quota:  

References[edit]

  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. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Notice of Poll Carrickmacross" (PDF). Monaghan County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Notice of Poll Monaghan" (PDF). Monaghan County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.