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[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.