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An election to Monaghan County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 18 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, a reduction of 2 seats compared to 2009. Monaghan also saw a further reduction in elected representation as Ballybay Town Council, Carrickmacross Town Council, Castleblayney Town Council, Clones Town Council and Monaghan Town Council were all abolished.
New Electoral Areas were introduced in 2013 and came into effect on 1 January 2014. The election in Ballybay-Clones local electoral area was disrupted when Fine Gael Councillor Owen Bannigan died suddenly while out canvassing on polling day. The election for this area was cancelled and all the ballots cast were officially destroyed. He had been expected to top the poll. It will be re-run on 7 June 2014. The election in the other two electoral areas of Carrickmacross-Castleblayney and Monaghan went ahead.
Demonstrating their organisational strength within the county Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party after the elections with 7 seats, winning all the seats that the party 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.