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 : New Majority (; NOVA) : New Majority (Daniel Lipšic) (; NOVA) : New Majority – Agreement (D. Lipšic) (; NOVA) From : 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). 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) , Juraj Droba, Daniel Krajcer, Juraj Miškov, and Martin Chren left the party, joining New Majority. They represent a liberal faction of the party.
In the 2014 European elections, New Majority came in fifth place nationally, receiving 6.83% of the vote and electing 1 MEP.
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+/–Status2016Daniel LipšicOĽaNO–NOVA2020Gábor GrendelOĽaNO–NOVA–KÚ–ZZ 02023OĽaNO–KÚ–For the People 1
European Parliament ElectionList leaderVotes %RankSeats+/–EP Group 2014 Jozef Kollár 38,316 5th New ECR 2019Did not contest 1– 2024 Peter Pollák 29,385 9th 0
References
External links Nova official website