NOVA (Slovakia)

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

New Majority Nová Väčšina
Leader	Gábor Grendel
Presidium	Anna Andrejuvová Marcel Klimek Ján Lazar
Founders	Daniel Lipšic Jana Žitňanská
Founded	2 September 2012; 12 years ago (2012-09-02)
Split from	KDH
Headquarters	Palárikova 31, 811 04 Bratislava
Membership (2022)	573[1]
Ideology	Conservatism[2][3][4] Christian democracy[5]
Political position	Centre-right[2][6]
National affiliation	OĽaNO and Friends
European affiliation	European Conservatives and Reformists Party (2014–2021)
European Parliament group	European 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
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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

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Rank	Seats	+/–	Status
2016	Daniel Lipšic	OĽaNO–NOVA			2 / 150		Opposition
2020	Gábor Grendel	OĽaNO–NOVA–KÚ–ZZ			2 / 150	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	1	Opposition

European Parliament

Election	List leader	Votes	%	Rank	Seats	+/–	EP Group
2014[lower-alpha 1]	Jozef Kollár	38,316	6.83%	5th	1 / 13	New	ECR
2019	Did not contest				0 / 14	1	–
2024[lower-alpha 2]	Peter Pollák	29,385	1.99%	9th	0 / 15	0

1. Run in a joint list with KDS and OKS
2. Run in a joint list with Slovakia and ZĽ.

References

1. "Annual report 2022" (PDF). minv.sk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
2. 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

• Nova official website