National Coalition / Independent Candidates
Národná koalícia / Nezávislí kandidáti
AbbreviationNK/NEKA
ChairmanPavel Zacharovský
FounderSergej Kozlík
Founded
  • 5 March 2014 (2014-03-05) (SDS)
  • 14 August 2015 (2015-08-14) (NK)
  • 21 July 2022 (2022-07-21) (NK/NEKA)
Preceded byPeople's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia
HeadquartersRačianska 1571/66, 83102 Bratislava-Nové Mesto
Membership (2022)Increase 1,879[1]
Ideology
Political positionFar-right[4]
National affiliationSlovak National Party
European affiliationEuropean Democratic Party (2014–2019)
Colours  Light blue
Slogan
  • "Slovakia comes first"
  • (Slovak: Slovensko na prvom mieste)
National Council
2 / 150
European Parliament
0 / 14
Regional Presidents
0 / 8
Regional parliaments
0 / 408
Mayors
0 / 2,904
Local councillors
151 / 20,686
Website
narodnakoalicia.sk

National Coalition / Independent Candidates (Slovak: Národná koalícia / Nezávislí kandidáti; NK/NEKA), formerly known as Party of Democratic Slovakia[lower-alpha 1] and National Coalition,[lower-alpha 2] 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 2023, the chairman of the party has been Pavel Zacharovský. 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

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

Parliamentary elections

Election Leader Votes  % Seats +/– Government
2023 Pavel Zacharovský 166,995* 5.62* (#7)*
3 / 150
 3 Government

* the politicians of the National Coalition ran on the SNS candidate list, three of the elected deputies represent NK.

European Parliament elections

Election Leader Votes  % Seats +/–
2014 Sergej Kozlík 8,378 1.49 (#14)
0 / 13
 Decrease 1**
2019 Slavěna Vorobelová 7,145 0.72 (#15)
0 / 14
 Steady 0

**compared to ĽS-HZDS

Notes

  1. ↑ Slovak: Strana demokratického Slovenska; SDS
  2. ↑ Slovak: Národná koalícia; NK

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "First candidate from Fico's ministerial list rejected by president". The Slovak Spectator. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Dlhopolec, Peter (26 October 2023). "A new age of Fico dawns in Slovakia". The Slovak Spectator. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Dlhopolec, Peter (8 November 2022). "Slovak Far-Right Still Harbours National Hopes Despite Blow in Local Elections". Balkan Insight. Bratislava. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Budúcnosť KDH". Postoj Media. ISSN 1336-720X. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ↑ "2. Je Národná koalícia nový subjekt?". MAFRA Slovakia. ISSN 1336-1996. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ↑ "Zjednotenie pronárodných a kresťanských síl k akému nedošlo od roku 1993". narodnakoalicia.sk. 16 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Definitívne výsledky hlasovania". Štatistický úrad SR.
  9. ↑ "Národná koalícia odstúpila od memoranda s Kotlebovcami". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 30 November 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2023.


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