NOVA (Slovakia)
New Majority Nová Väčšina | ||
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Leader | Gábor Grendel | |
Presidium | ||
Founders | ||
Founded | 2 September 2012 | |
Split from | KDH | |
Headquarters | Palárikova 31, 811 04 Bratislava | |
Membership (2022) |
573 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
- 2 September – December 2012: New Majority (Slovak: Nová väčšina; NOVA)
- December 2012 – July 2013: New Majority (Daniel Lipšic) (Slovak: Nová väčšina (Daniel Lipšic); NOVA)
- July 2013 – 28 June 2014: New Majority – Agreement (D. Lipšic) (Slovak: Nová väčšina – Dohoda (D. Lipšic); NOVA)
- From 28 June 2014Slovak: NOVA) : NEW (
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
Election results
National Council
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Rank | Seats | +/– | Status |
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2016 | Daniel Lipšic | OĽaNO–NOVA
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2 / 150
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Opposition | |||
2020 | Gábor Grendel | OĽaNO–NOVA–KÚ–ZZ
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2 / 150
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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
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1 | Opposition |
European Parliament
Election | Group | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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2014[a] | Jozef Kollár | ECR | 38,316 | 6.83 (#5) | 1 / 13
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2019 | Did not contest |
References
- ^ https://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/statna_komisia_pre_volby/30_annual_report/ar2022/VS22_NOVA.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ a b Terenzani, Michaela (3 June 2013). "Lipšic-Kollár: a marriage of convenience". The Slovak Spectator. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "EU-Wahl: Anscheinend sehr niedrige Wahlbeteiligung in der Slowakei". Tiroler Tageszeitung. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "Der Sieg des inneren Feindes". Deutsch-Türkisches Journal. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ISBN 9781544384733.
- Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
bürgerlich-liberale Nova
- ^ "Lipšic founds 'Nova' party". Spectator.sme.sk. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ^ "NOVA and SaS renegades unite". Spectator.sme.sk. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ^ "Elections to the European Parliament 2014". Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2017.