NOVA (Slovakia)

Slovak political party

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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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

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* (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

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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

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### National Council

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Election  | Leader  | Votes  | %  | Rank  | Seats  | +/–  | Status

|
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|
|
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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

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Election  | List leader  | Votes  | %  | Rank  | Seats  | +/–  | EP Group

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|
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2014[a] | Jozef Kollár | 38,316  |

6.83%

| 5th  |

1 / 13

| New  | ECR
2019 | Did not contest |

0 / 14

|  1  | –
2024[b] | 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

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

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* Nova official website

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