{{Short description|Slovak political party}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox political party | country = Slovakia | name = New Majority | native_name = Nová Väčšina | logo = File:Nová väčšina Logo.png | colorcode = {{party color|New Majority (Slovakia)}} | leader = Gábor Grendel | founders = {{ubl|Daniel Lipšic|Jana Žitňanská}} | split = KDH | presidium = {{ubl|Anna Andrejuvová|Marcel Klimek|Ján Lazar}} | foundation = {{Start date and age|2012|9|2|df=yes}} | ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap|Conservatism<ref name="SlSp">{{cite web|last=Terenzani|first=Michaela|title=Lipšic-Kollár: a marriage of convenience|website=The Slovak Spectator|url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20047151/lipsic-kollar-a-marriage-of-convenience.html|access-date=27 August 2022|date=3 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= EU-Wahl: Anscheinend sehr niedrige Wahlbeteiligung in der Slowakei|website=Tiroler Tageszeitung|url=https://www.tt.com/artikel/8435181/eu-wahl-anscheinend-sehr-niedrige-wahlbeteiligung-in-der-slowakei|access-date=27 August 2022|date=25 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Der Sieg des inneren Feindes|website=Deutsch-Türkisches Journal|url=https://dtj-online.de/europawahlen-rechte-parteien-le-pen-wilders-ukip/|access-date=27 August 2022|date=26 May 2014}}</ref> |Christian democracy<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ewgpEAAAQBAJ&dq=christian+democratic+Daniel+Lip%C5%A1ic+NOVA&pg=RA18-PA2011|title=Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021|author= Tom Lansford|isbn=9781544384733}}</ref>}} | position = Centre-right<ref name="SlSp"/><ref name="KAS">{{cite web |first1=Werner| last1=Böhler| first2=Gabriela| last2=Tibenská |title= Erfolg für das christdemokratische Lager bei der Europawahl |website=Konrad Adenauer Stiftung|url=https://www.kas.de/de/web/slowakei/laenderberichte/detail/-/content/erfolg-fuer-das-christdemokratische-lager-bei-der-europawahl|access-date=27 August 2022|date=10 June 2014 |quote={{tooltip|2=bürgerlich is a German term to describe broadly centre-right liberalism and/or conservatism|bürgerlich}}-liberale Nova}}</ref> | european = European Conservatives and Reformists Party (2014–2021) | europarl = European Conservatives and Reformists (2014–2019) | headquarters = Palárikova 31, 811 04 Bratislava | membership_year = 2022 | membership = {{decrease}} 573<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/statna_komisia_pre_volby/30_annual_report/ar2022/VS22_NOVA.pdf|title=Annual report 2022 |website=minv.sk|access-date=29 May 2024}}</ref> | national = OĽaNO and Friends | colours = {{colour box|{{party color|NOVA (Slovakia)}}|border=silver}} Blue {{colour box|#ff0000|border=silver}} Red | website = [http://www.nova.sk/ nova.sk] | seats1_title = National Council | seats1 = {{Composition bar|1|150|hex={{party color|New Majority (Slovakia)}}}} | seats2_title = European Parliament | seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|15|hex={{party color|New Majority (Slovakia)}}}} | seats3_title = Regional governors | seats3 = {{composition bar|0|8|hex={{party color|NOVA (Slovakia)}}}} | seats4_title = Regional deputies | seats4 = {{composition bar|7|416|hex={{party color|NOVA (Slovakia)}}}} | seats5_title = Mayors | seats5 = {{composition bar|30|2904|hex={{party color|NOVA (Slovakia)}}}} }}
'''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 == * {{Date range|2012|9|2|2012|12||df=yes}}: '''New Majority''' ({{langx|sk|Nová väčšina}}; NOVA) * {{Date range|2012|12||2013|7||df=yes}}: '''New Majority (Daniel Lipšic)''' ({{langx|sk|Nová väčšina (Daniel Lipšic)}}; NOVA) * {{Date range|2013|7||2014|6|28|df=yes}}: '''New Majority – Agreement (D. Lipšic)''' ({{langx|sk|Nová väčšina – Dohoda (D. Lipšic)}}; NOVA) * From {{Start date|2014|6|28|df=yes}}: '''NEW''' ({{langx|sk|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).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/47507/2/lipsic_founds_nova_party.html |title=Lipšic founds 'Nova' party |date=10 September 2012 |publisher=Spectator.sme.sk |accessdate=10 September 2012}}</ref> 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) {{Interlanguage link multi|Jozef Kollár|sk|3=Jozef Kollár (politik)}}, Juraj Droba, Daniel Krajcer, Juraj Miškov, and Martin Chren left the party, joining New Majority. They represent a liberal faction of the party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/50193/10/nova_and_sas_renegades_unite.html |title=NOVA and SaS renegades unite |date=27 May 2013 |publisher=Spectator.sme.sk |accessdate=27 May 2013}}</ref>
In the 2014 European elections, New Majority came in fifth place nationally, receiving 6.83% of the vote and electing 1 MEP.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ep2014.statistics.sk/EP-dv/Tabulka3_en.html |title=Elections to the European Parliament 2014 |accessdate=2017-05-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528053354/http://ep2014.statistics.sk/EP-dv/Tabulka3_en.html |archivedate=28 May 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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=== {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center |+ !Election !Leader !Votes !% !Rank !Seats !+/– !Status |- !2016 |Daniel Lipšic | colspan="3" |''OĽaNO–NOVA'' |{{composition bar|2|150|hex={{party color|NOVA (Slovakia)}}}} | bgcolor="lightgrey"| |{{No|Opposition}} |- ! rowspan="3" |2020 | rowspan="4" |Gábor Grendel | colspan="3" rowspan="3" |''OĽaNO–NOVA–KÚ–ZZ'' | rowspan="3" |{{composition bar|2|150|hex={{party color|NOVA (Slovakia)}}}} | rowspan="3" |{{Steady}} 0 |{{Yes|OĽaNO–We Are Family–SaS–For the People<br>{{small|(2020–2022)}}}} |- |{{Yes|OĽaNO–We Are Family–For the People<br>{{small|(2022–2023)}}}} |- |{{No|Opposition<br>{{small|(2023)}}}} |- !2023 | colspan="3" |''OĽaNO–KÚ–For the People'' |{{composition bar|1|150|hex={{party color|NOVA (Slovakia)}}}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |{{No|Opposition}} |} {{Notelist}}
=== European Parliament === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Election !List leader !Votes ! % !Rank !Seats !+/– !EP Group |- ! 2014{{efn|Run in a joint list with KDS and OKS}} | Jozef Kollár | 38,316 | {{Percentage bar|6.83|hex=00599D}} | 5th | {{Composition bar|1|13|hex={{party color|NOVA (Slovakia)}}}} | New | ECR |- ! 2019 | colspan=4 |''Did not contest'' | {{Composition bar|0|14|hex={{party color|NOVA (Slovakia)}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 | rowspan=2 |– |- ! 2024{{efn|Run in a joint list with Slovakia and ZĽ.}} | Peter Pollák | 29,385 | {{Percentage bar|1.99|hex=00599D}} | 9th | {{Composition bar|0|15|{{party color|NOVA (Slovakia)}}}} | {{steady}} 0 |} {{Notelist}}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * [http://www.nova.sk Nova official website] {{Political parties in Slovakia}} {{Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe}}
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