| Election Name: | 2014 Monaghan County Council election |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2009 Monaghan County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2009 |
| Next Election: | 2019 Monaghan County Council election |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
| Seats For Election: | All 18 seats on Monaghan County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 10 |
| Election Date: | 23 May 2014 |
| Party1: | Sinn Féin |
| Seats1: | 7 |
| Seat Change1: | - |
| Party2: | Fine Gael |
| Seats2: | 5 |
| Seat Change2: | -1 |
| Party3: | Fianna Fáil |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Seat Change3: | -1 |
| Party4: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seat Change4: | - |
| Map Size: | 300px |
An election to all 18 seats on Monaghan County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a decrease from 20 seats at the 2009 election. County Monaghan was divided into three 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). In addition, the town councils of Ballybay, Carrickmacross, Castleblayney, Clones and Monaghan were abolished.
New LEAs were introduced in 2013 and came into effect on 1 January 2014.[1] The election in Ballybay–Clones local electoral area was halted when Fine Gael Councillor Owen Bannigan died suddenly while out canvassing on polling day.[2] [3] The election for this area was cancelled and all the ballots cast were officially destroyed.[4] He had been expected to top the poll.[5] It was re-run on 7 June 2014.
Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party with 7 seats, winning all the seats it contested. Fine Gael lost a seat in the Carrickmacross–Castleblayney LEA while Fianna Fáil lost a seat in Ballybay–Clones. Independents retained their 2 seats on the council.[6]
| Party | Seats | ± | ±% | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | align=right | - | 9,570 | 34.29 | |||||
| 5 | align=right | -1 | 8,281 | 29.67 | |||||
| 4 | align=right | -1 | 6,613 | 23.70 | |||||
| 0 | align=right | - | 113 | 0.40 | |||||
| 2 | align=right | - | 3,086 | 11.06 | |||||
| Total | align=right | 18 | align=center | -2 | align=right | 27,906 | 100.00 | - |