New Majority
Nová Väčšina
LeaderGábor Grendel
Presidium
Founders
Founded2 September 2012; 11 years ago (2012-09-02)
Split fromKDH
HeadquartersPalárikova 31, 811 04 Bratislava
Membership (2022)Decrease 573[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[2][6]
National affiliationOĽaNO and Friends
European affiliationEuropean Conservatives and Reformists Party (2014–2021)
European Parliament groupEuropean Conservatives and Reformists (2014–2019)
Colours  Blue   Red
National Council
1 / 150
European Parliament
0 / 14
Regional governors
0 / 8
Regional deputies
7 / 416
Mayors
30 / 2,904
Website
nova.sk

New Majority (Slovak: Nová väčšina, NOVA) is a conservative political party in Slovakia.

The ideology of this political party is liberalism and christian democracy.

Naming history

History

The party was established on 2 September 2012 by Daniel Lipšic and Jana Žitňanská, representatives of Slovak national council, who had previously left the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH).[7] Daniel Lipšic, who had also been the vice-president of his former party, was elected its president. They represent a conservative faction of party. In May 2013, five representatives of Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) Jozef Kollár [sk], Juraj Droba, Daniel Krajcer, Juraj Miškov, and Martin Chren left the party, joining New Majority. They represent a liberal faction of the party.[8]

In the 2014 European elections, New Majority came in fifth place nationally, receiving 6.83% of the vote and electing 1 MEP.[9]

In the 2016 parliamentary elections NOVA ran its candidates on a common list with Ordinary People, getting two of them elected.

Election results

National Council

Election Leader Votes % Rank Seats +/– Status
2016 Daniel Lipšic OĽaNO–NOVA
2 / 150
 Opposition
2020 Gábor Grendel OĽaNO–NOVA–KÚ–ZZ
2 / 150
 Steady 0 OĽaNO–We Are Family–SaS–For the People
(2020–2022)
OĽaNO–We Are Family–For the People
(2022–2023)
Opposition
(2023)
2023 OĽaNO–KÚ–For the People
1 / 150
 Decrease 1 Opposition

European Parliament

Election Group Leader Votes % Seats +/–
2014[a] Jozef Kollár ECR 38,316 6.83 (#5)
1 / 13
2019 Did not contest
  1. ^ Alliance with KDS and OKS

References

  1. ^ https://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/statna_komisia_pre_volby/30_annual_report/ar2022/VS22_NOVA.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ a b Terenzani, Michaela (3 June 2013). "Lipšic-Kollár: a marriage of convenience". The Slovak Spectator. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  3. ^ "EU-Wahl: Anscheinend sehr niedrige Wahlbeteiligung in der Slowakei". Tiroler Tageszeitung. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Der Sieg des inneren Feindes". Deutsch-Türkisches Journal. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  5. ^ Tom Lansford. Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021. ISBN 9781544384733.
  6. ^ Böhler, Werner; Tibenská, Gabriela (10 June 2014). "Erfolg für das christdemokratische Lager bei der Europawahl". Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Retrieved 27 August 2022. bürgerlich-liberale Nova
  7. ^ "Lipšic founds 'Nova' party". Spectator.sme.sk. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  8. ^ "NOVA and SaS renegades unite". Spectator.sme.sk. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  9. ^ "Elections to the European Parliament 2014". Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

External links

Political parties in Slovakia
European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR)
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