New Majority (Slovak: Nová väčšina, NOVA) is a conservative

political party in Slovakia This article lists political parties in Slovakia. Slovakia has a democratic multi-party system with numerous political parties, established after the fall of communism in 1989 and shaped into the present form with Slovakia's independence in 1993. ...

Naming history

* : New Majority ( sk, Nová väčšina; NOVA) * : New Majority (Daniel Lipšic) ( sk, Nová väčšina (Daniel Lipšic); NOVA) * : New Majority – Agreement (D. Lipšic) ( sk, Nová väčšina – Dohoda (D. Lipšic); NOVA) * From : NEW ( sk, NOVA)

History

The party was established on 2 September 2012 by

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and

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, representatives of Slovak national council, who had previously left the

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(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

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(SaS) ,

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, Juraj Miškov, and Martin Chren left the party, joining New Majority. They represent a liberal faction of the party. In the

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, 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

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, getting two of them elected.

Election results

National Council

European Parliament

Notes

References

External links

Nova official website
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