National Coalition / Independent Candidates
National Coalition / Independent Candidates Národná koalícia / Nezávislí kandidáti | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Abbreviation | NK/NEKA |
| Chairman | Rudolf Huliak |
| Deputy Chairman | Pavol Ľupták Ivan Ševčík Pavel Zacharovský |
| Founder | Sergej Kozlík |
| Founded |
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| Preceded by | People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia |
| Headquarters | Račianska 1571/66, 83102 Bratislava-Nové Mesto |
| Membership (2022) |  1,879[1] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right[4] |
| National affiliation | Slovak National Party (2023–2024) |
| European affiliation | European Democratic Party (2014–2019) |
| Colours | Light blue |
| Slogan |
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| National Council | 3 / 150 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 15 |
| Regional Presidents | 0 / 8 |
| Regional parliaments | 0 / 408 |
| Mayors | 0 / 2,904 |
| Local councillors | 151 / 20,686 |
| Website | |
| narodnakoalicia | |
National Coalition / Independent Candidates (Slovak: Národná koalícia / Nezávislí kandidáti; NK/NEKA), formerly known as Party of Democratic Slovakia[a] and National Coalition,[b] is a Slovak conservative political party founded in 2014 by the former politician of the ĽS-HZDS movement Sergej Kozlík. The party profiles itself in three pillars – national, Christian and social. Since 2024, the chairman of the party has been Rudolf Huliak. Before the 2020 parliamentary election, the National Coalition joined an electoral coalition with the far-right People's Party Our Slovakia party, but did not win any mandate in the National Council.[5]
History
[edit]In the 2019 presidential election, the party expressed support for Štefan Harabin.[6] In the 2019 European Parliament election, Štefan Harabin's nephew Slavomír Harabin ran for the National Coalition. The party received only 0.72% of the vote and did not win any seats.
In November 2019, the National Coalition became one of the small Slovak political parties that signed a memorandum on the cooperation of "pro-national and Christian forces" for the upcoming parliamentary elections with the People's Party Our Slovakia.[7] A de jure coalition was not created, the Kotleba party only freed up a certain number of seats on their candidate list for other parties.[5] NK received 10 places on the candidate list, with chairwoman Slavěna Vorobelová placed highest in 16th place. Thanks to receiving a higher number of preference votes, three other candidates were elected ahead of her, and she remained outside parliament, placing 19th overall after Danica Mikovčáková's mandate was given up as the first substitute.[8] The party later left the candidate list.[9]
Electoral results
[edit]Parliamentary elections
[edit]| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Pavel Zacharovský | 166,995* | 5.62* (#7)* | 3 / 150
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3 | Government |
* the politicians of the National Coalition ran on the SNS candidate list, three of the elected deputies represent NK, however eventually, they paused their membership and continued as independent, meaning the party was officially represented by 0 members of the parliament.
European Parliament elections
[edit]| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Sergej Kozlík | 8,378 | 1.49 (#14) | 0 / 13
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 1**
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| 2019 | Slavěna Vorobelová | 7,145 | 0.72 (#15) | 0 / 14
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 0
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**compared to ĽS-HZDS
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Výročná správa hospodárenie a financovanie strany 2022 politická strana: Národná koalícia / Nezávislí kandidáti (PDF). Ministry of the Interior (Report) (in Slovak). 20 June 2023. p. 40. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "First candidate from Fico's ministerial list rejected by president". The Slovak Spectator. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ Dlhopolec, Peter (26 October 2023). "A new age of Fico dawns in Slovakia". The Slovak Spectator. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ Dlhopolec, Peter (8 November 2022). "Slovak Far-Right Still Harbours National Hopes Despite Blow in Local Elections". Balkan Insight. Bratislava. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Budúcnosť KDH". Postoj Media. ISSN 1336-720X.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "2. Je Národná koalícia nový subjekt?". MAFRA Slovakia. 10 April 2019. ISSN 1336-1996.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Zjednotenie pronárodných a kresťanských síl k akému nedošlo od roku 1993". narodnakoalicia.sk. 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Definitívne výsledky hlasovania". Štatistický úrad SR.
- ^ "Národná koalícia odstúpila od memoranda s Kotlebovcami". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 30 November 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
External links
[edit]- Official website
(in Slovak) - National Coalition / Independent Candidates in the Register of Political Parties and Political Movements of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic (in Slovak and English)
