# 2024 Monaghan County Council election

An election to all 18 seats on Monaghan County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. 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).

## Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
| Constituency | Councillor | Party | Party |
| Monaghan | Brian McKenna | | Sinn Féin |
| Ballybay –Clones | Hugh McElvaney | | Independent |

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| | Sinn Féin | 10 | 8 | +2 | 9,947 | 35.21 | +1.27 |
| | Fine Gael | 6 | 6 | +1 | 7,119 | 25.20 | +1.08 |
| | Fianna Fáil | 8 | 3 | -1 | 6,739 | 23.85 | -0.45 |
| | Aontú | 2 | 0 | - | 932 | 3.30 | +2.02 |
| | Green | 2 | 0 | - | 538 | 1.90 | -0.59 |
| | Irish Freedom | 1 | 0 | - | 422 | 1.49 | new |
| | Independent | 7 | 1 | -2 | 2,556 | 9.05 | -3.59 |
| Total | Total | 36 | 18 | | 28253 | 100.00 | |

### 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

Ballybay–Clones: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Coyle | 19.67% | 1,665 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ricard Truell | 18.66% | 1,579 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Seán Gilliland | 14.34% | 1,214 | 1,301 | 1,410 | 1,444 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Sinéad Flynn | 14.03% | 1,187 | 1,219 | 1,228 | 1,259 | 1,330 | 1,459 |
| | Sinn Féin | Pat Treanor | 12.77% | 1,081 | 1,095 | 1,109 | 1,188 | 1,233 | 1,355 |
| | Aontú | Olivia Larkin | 7.37% | 624 | 638 | 651 | 671 | 836 | 965 |
| | Irish Freedom | Mark Brady | 4.99% | 422 | 441 | 444 | 448 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martina Durkan | 4.93% | 417 | 469 | 482 | 586 | 622 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Connolly | 3.24% | 274 | 310 | 317 | | | |
| Electorate: 15,264 Valid: 8,463 Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,411 Turnout: 8,561 (56.09%) ||||||||||

### Carrickmacross–Castleblayney

Carrickmacross–Castleblayney: 6 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 | PJ O'Hanlon | 14.84% | 1,478 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Aidan Campbell | 14.02% | 1,396 | 1,400 | 1,421 | 1,526 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Colm Carthy | 13.67% | 1,362 | 1,368 | 1,394 | 1,456 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Noel Keelan | 12.00% | 1,195 | 1,201 | 1,215 | 1,227 | 1,230 | 1,306 | 1,687 | |
| | Fine Gael | Peter Conlon | 9.77% | 973 | 985 | 996 | 1,061 | 1,078 | 1,137 | 1,222 | 1,251 |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Gibbons | 9.26% | 922 | 922 | 949 | 987 | 998 | 1,042 | 1,198 | 1,416 |
| | Sinn Féin | Aoife Kindlon | 7.00% | 697 | 700 | 708 | 738 | 740 | 797 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Aoife McCooey | 6.50% | 647 | 667 | 690 | 786 | 828 | 876 | 931 | 948 |
| | Independent | Seamus Hanratty | 5.40% | 538 | 539 | 633 | 663 | 663 | | | |
| | Green | Tate Donnelly | 4.46% | 444 | 446 | 470 | | | | | |
| | Aontú | James Duffy | 3.09% | 308 | 309 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,438 Valid: 9,960 Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,423 Turnout: 10,071 (54.62%) ||||||||||||

### Monaghan

Monaghan: 7 Seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathy Bennett | 12.53% | 1,232 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Raymond Aughey | 11.42% | 1,123 | 1,135 | 1,156 | 1,315 | | | |
| | Independent | Seamus Treanor | 10.97% | 1,078 | 1,110 | 1,198 | 1,251 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán Conlan | 8.76% | 861 | 879 | 892 | 906 | 908 | 1,164 | 1,250 |
| | Fine Gael | Pauric Clerkin | 10.24% | 1,007 | 1,028 | 1,032 | 1,064 | 1,073 | 1,097 | 1,218 |
| | Sinn Féin | Bronagh McAree | 7.87% | 774 | 789 | 795 | 808 | 813 | 1,043 | 1,195 |
| | Fine Gael | David Maxwell | 9.66% | 950 | 971 | 979 | 1,009 | 1,017 | 1,049 | 1,163 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian 'Beano' Clerkin | 7.11% | 699 | 713 | 720 | 782 | 828 | 847 | 936 |
| | Independent | Paudge Connolly | 6.35% | 624 | 649 | 669 | 717 | 731 | 792 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Niamh McCooey | 6.47% | 636 | 648 | 657 | 681 | 683 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eamon Treanor | 4.44% | 436 | 441 | 445 | | | | |
| | Independent | Colin Walker | 1.81% | 178 | 204 | | | | | |
| | Green | Deividas Pauliukonis | 0.96% | 94 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Denis O'Higgins | 0.66% | 65 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Paddy Grenham | 0.61% | 60 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Jimmy 'Stavrous' Mee | 0.13% | 13 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,207 Valid: 9,830 Spoilt: 143 Quota: 1,229 Turnout: 9,973 (51.92%) ||||||||||