# 2009 Monaghan County Council election

An election to Monaghan County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 20 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Sinn Féin | 7 | - | 8,865 | 27.13 | |
| | Fine Gael | 6 | -1 | 9,577 | 29.31 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 5 | - | 9,365 | 28.66 | |
| | Independent | 2 | +1 | 3,475 | 10.63 | |
| Totals | Totals | 20 | - | 32,676 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Carrickmacross

Carrickmacross - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pádraig McNally* | 15.81 | 1,343 | 1,373 | 1,468 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Matt Carthy* | 15.32 | 1,302 | 1,369 | 1,459 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Noel Keelan* | 14.49 | 1,231 | 1,254 | 1,292 | 1,297 | 1,317 | 1,511 | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Keenan* | 11.21 | 952 | 996 | 1,029 | 1,033 | 1,036 | 1,086 | 1,190 | 1,215 |
| | Fine Gael | Aidan Murray | 10.68 | 907 | 949 | 1,028 | 1,036 | 1,041 | 1,092 | 1,257 | 1,271 |
| | Green | Vincent P. Martin* | 7.93 | 674 | 716 | 760 | 769 | 773 | 832 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Owen Greene | 7.85 | 667 | 684 | 711 | 716 | 718 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. O'Hanlon | 7.52 | 639 | 661 | 698 | 718 | 726 | 1,007 | 1,185 | 1,238 |
| | Independent | Tom Freeman | 5.14 | 437 | 470 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Peadar Markey | 4.05 | 344 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,729 Valid: 8,496 (72.44%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,417 Turnout: 8,607 (73.38%) ||||||||||||

### Castleblayney

Castleblayney - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John O'Brien* | 26.79 | 1,949 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Owen Bannigan* | 21.21 | 1,543 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Jackie Crowe* | 21.08 | 1,534 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Gary Carville* | 17.21 | 1,252 | 1,419 | 1,493 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brendan Hughes* | 13.24 | 998 | 1,324 | 1,337 |
| | Independent | Joe Brennan | 3.39 | 591 | 653 | 660 |
| Electorate: 10,636 Valid: 7,276 (68.41%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 1,456 Turnout: 7,385 (69.43%) |||||||

### Clones

Clones - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Heather Humphreys* | 23.92 | 1,554 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Pat Treanor* | 22.12 | 1,437 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Coyle* | 18.84 | 1,224 | 1,250 | 1,272 | 1,295 | 1,415 |
| | Fine Gael | Hugh McElvaney* | 18.40 | 1,195 | 1,388 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Benny Kieran | 11.19 | 727 | 744 | 789 | 816 | 944 |
| | Independent | John Connolly | 16.93 | 359 | 377 | 447 | 483 | |
| Electorate: 9,256 Valid: 6,496 (70.18%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 1,300 Turnout: 6,600 (71.31%) |||||||||

### Monaghan

Monaghan - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Independent | Seamus Treanor | 13.24 | 1,300 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McKenna* | 12.77 | 1,254 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Robbie Gallagher* | 12.04 | 1,182 | 1,191 | 1,266 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán Conlon* | 10.79 | 1,059 | 1,074 | 1,080 | 1,198 | 1,200 | 1,268 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | David Maxwell* | 11.95 | 1,049 | 1,057 | 1,060 | 1,066 | 1,067 | 1,120 | 1,126 | 1,127 | 1,327 | |
| | Independent | Paudge Connolly | 13.24 | 788 | 801 | 834 | 864 | 869 | 963 | 976 | 979 | 1,053 | 1,167 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sheila McKenna | 12.78 | 737 | 742 | 751 | 850 | 851 | 868 | 878 | 894 | 923 | 1,070 |
| | Fine Gael | Pat McKenna* | 10.20 | 701 | 705 | 749 | 755 | 759 | 784 | 788 | 793 | 887 | 939 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Gilsenan | 7.66 | 424 | 428 | 432 | 448 | 448 | 481 | 487 | 487 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ita O'Hara | 6.29 | 401 | 404 | 443 | 453 | 477 | 509 | 510 | 511 | 539 | |
| | Green | Christina Cassidy | 6.29 | 376 | 382 | 389 | 399 | 400 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Malachy Trainor | 6.29 | 311 | 315 | 321 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eugene Treanor | 6.29 | 235 | 236 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,791 Valid: 9,817 (62.17%) Spoilt: 167 Quota: 1,228 Turnout: 9,984 (63.23%) ||||||||||||||