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 (2012-09-02)
Split fromKDH
HeadquartersPalárikova 31, 811 04 Bratislava
Membership (2021)Decrease 576[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

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, 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
2020 Igor Matovič[lower-alpha 1] 721,166
25.02%
  1st 
2 / 150
 OĽaNO–SR–SaS–ZĽ
As a part of the OĽaNO–KÚ–NOVA–ZZ list, which won 53 seats in total.
2023 Igor Matovič[lower-alpha 1] 264,137
8.9%
 4th
1 / 150
 Decrease 1 Opposition
Running in coalition with the OĽaNO and For the People, which won 16 seats in total.
  1. Igor Matovič (OĽaNO) served as list leader and Gábor Grendel served as NOVA's chairman.

European Parliament
Election Group Leader Votes  % Seats +/–
2014[lower-alpha 1] 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/ar2021/VS21_R_NOVA.pdf
  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. Deloy, Corinne (5 March 2016). "Outgoing Prime Minister Robert Fico comes out ahead but without a majority in the Slovakian general elections" (PDF). Fondation Robert-Schuman. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  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.
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