NOVA (Slovakia)

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

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 / 15
Regional governors
0 / 8
Regional deputies
7 / 416
Mayors
30 / 2,904
Website
nova.sk

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

Naming history

  • (2012-09-02) (2012-12-00)2 September – December 2012: New Majority (Slovak: Nová väčšina; NOVA)
  • (2012-12-00) (2013-07-00)December 2012 – July 2013: New Majority (Daniel Lipšic) (Slovak: Nová väčšina (Daniel Lipšic); NOVA)
  • (2013-07-00) (2014-06-28)July 2013 – 28 June 2014: New Majority – Agreement (D. Lipšic) (Slovak: Nová väčšina – Dohoda (D. Lipšic); NOVA)
  • From 28 June 2014 (2014-06-28): NEW (Slovak: NOVA)

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

ElectionLeaderVotes%RankSeats+/–Status
2016Daniel LipšicOĽaNO–NOVA
2 / 150
Opposition
2020Gábor GrendelOĽaNO–NOVA–KÚ–ZZ
2 / 150
0OĽaNO–We Are FamilySaSFor the People
(2020–2022)
OĽaNO–We Are FamilyFor the People
(2022–2023)
Opposition
(2023)
2023OĽaNO–KÚ–For the People
1 / 150
1Opposition

European Parliament

ElectionGroupLeaderVotes%Seats+/–
2014[a]Jozef KollárECR38,3166.83 (#5)
1 / 13
2019Did not contest

References