2009 Monaghan County Council election

2009 Monaghan County Council election

5 June 2009
20 seats on Monaghan County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Sinn Féin Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Seats won 7 6 5 Seat change - -1 -   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 2 Seat change +1
Map showing the area of Monaghan County Council
Council control after election TBD

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		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		20	-	32,676	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Carrickmacross

Carrickmacross - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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- 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)

External links

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