2004 Monaghan County Council election

2004 Monaghan County Council election

11 June 2004
All 20 seats on Monaghan County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Sinn Féin Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Seats won 7 7 5 Seat change +1 +1 -3   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 1 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 11 June 2004 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	+1	9,332	31.05
	Fine Gael	7	+1	8,982	29.89
	Fianna Fáil	5	-3	8,826	29.37
	Independent	1	+1	2,913	9.69
Totals		20	-	30,053	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Carrickmacross

Carrickmacross - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Matt Carthy	17.77	1,408
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig McNally*	16.86	1,336
	Sinn Féin	Noel Keelan*	12.75	1,010	1,031	1,094	1,150	1,174	1,176	1,239	1,300
	Independent	Vincent P. Martin	11.08	878	893	901	979	1,066	1,068	1,179	1,371
	Fine Gael	John Keenan	8.14	645	650	652	662	813	814	841	1,248
	Fine Gael	Aidan Murray*	7.83	620	644	645	689	807	808	839
	Fianna Fáil	Rosaleen O'Hanlon*	7.19	570	607	610	636	655	659	968	1,026
	Fianna Fáil	Shane O'Hanlon*	6.65	527	570	573	614	651	656
	Fine Gael	Denis Durcan	5.36	425	431	434	466
	Independent	Tom Freeman	3.85	305	337	341
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Connolly	2.51	199
Electorate: 11,094   Valid: 7,923 (71.42%)   Spoilt: 194   Quota: 1,321   Turnout: 8,117 (73.17%)

Castleblayney

Castleblayney- 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Jackie Crowe*	19.52	1,415
	Fine Gael	Owen Bannigan*	17.84	1,293
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Brien*	15.66	1,135	1,165	1,176	1,295
	Fine Gael	Gary Carville*	15.34	1,112	1,159	1,207	1,458
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Coyle	10.70	951	976	992	1,090	1,167
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Hughes*	9.50	751	793	795	884	946
	Independent	Joe Brennan	3.39	591	653	660
Electorate: 10,701   Valid: 7,248 (67.73%)   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 1,209   Turnout: 7,339 (68.58%)

Clones

Clones - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Hugh McElvaney*	19.16	1,154	1,233
	Fine Gael	Heather Humphreys*	18.11	1,091	1,145	1,161	1,195
	Sinn Féin	Pat Treanor	14.05	846	951	1,437
	Independent	Brendan Casey	16.93	795	872	978	1,093
	Sinn Féin	Sheila McKenna*	13.97	730	753
	Fianna Fáil	Benny Kieran	11.65	723	1,035	1,123	1,206
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene McCaughey	8.68	684
Electorate: 8,859   Valid: 6,023 (67.99%)   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 1,205   Turnout: 6,146 (69.38%)

Monaghan

Monaghan - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Seán Conlon*	16.13	1,429
	Fianna Fáil	Robbie Gallagher	15.72	1,393
	Sinn Féin	Brian McKenna*	15.37	1,362
	Sinn Féin	Brenda McAnespie*	12.78	1,132	1,261	1,276
	Fine Gael	David Maxwell	11.95	1,059	1,068	1,080	1,112	1,118	1,236
	Fine Gael	Pat McKenna*	10.20	904	908	915	1,001	1,035	1,198
	Fine Gael	Eugene Sherry	7.66	679	684	693	734	765	870
	Fianna Fáil	Emer Brennan	6.29	557	566	645	708	733
	Independent	Plunkett McKenna	3.88	344	351	356
Electorate: 14,669   Valid: 8,859 (60.39%)   Spoilt: 262   Quota: 1,266   Turnout: 9,121 (62.18%)

External links

• Official website