OĽaNO and Friends

الموسوعة الحرة

OĽaNO and Friends (Slovak: OĽaNO a priatelia), whose full legal name is OĽaNO and Friends: Ordinary People (OĽaNO), Independent Candidates (NEKA), NOVA, Free and Responsible, Pačivale Roma, Magyar szívek and Christian Union and For the People (Slovak: OĽANO A PRIATELIA: OBYČAJNÍ ĽUDIA (OĽANO), NEZÁVISLÍ KANDIDÁTI (NEKA), NOVA, SLOBODNÍ A ZODPOVEDNÍ, PAČIVALE ROMA, MAGYAR SZÍVEK a Kresťanská únia a ZA ĽUDÍ),[1] is a conservative political coalition in Slovakia established on 26 May 2023.

History

On 26 May 2023 Ordinary People and Independent Personalities leader Igor Matovič announced the creation of the OĽaNO and Friends coalition through the legal renaming of the OĽaNO party. The coalition initially included OĽaNO, NOVA, Free and Responsible, Roma and Hungarian platforms, and a platform of bipartisan candidates.[2][3] On 2 July 2023, the parties Christian Union and For the People parties joined the coalition. The parties ran with a single list for the parliamentary elections on 30 September 2023.[4][5] The coalition obtained 8.9% of the votes for a total of 16 seats, significantly worse than the result obtained by the previous OĽaNO-led coalition in the 2020 election.[6]

Members

NameIdeologyPositionLeaderMPsMEPs
Slovakia MovementHnutie SlovenskoPopulismCentre-rightIgor Matovič
11 / 150
0 / 15
Christian UnionKresťanská úniaChristian rightRight-wingMilan Krajniak
2 / 150
0 / 15
For the PeopleZa ľudíLiberal conservatismCentre-rightVeronika Remišová
1 / 150
0 / 15

Election results

National Council

ElectionLeaderVotes%RankSeats+/–Government
2023Igor Matovič264,1378.9Increase 5th
16 / 150
NewOpposition

Notes

References

  1. ↑"Zoznam kandidujúcich politických subjektov - NRSR 2023". www.volbysr.sk. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  2. ↑"HNonline.sk - OĽANO a priatelia. Matovičova strana ide do volieb s novým názvom, kandidátka obsahuje aj nezávislých". hnonline.sk (in Slovak). 2023-05-26. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  3. ↑"Magyar és roma platformmal bővül az OĽaNO". ujszo.com (in Hungarian). 2023-05-26. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  4. ↑Postoj; TASR. "Voľby 2023 / OĽANO ide do koalície s KÚ a Za ľudí. Kandidovať bude 25 politických subjektov". www.postoj.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  5. ↑N, Denník (2023-07-05). "Kandidátna listina koalície OĽaNO a priatelia, Kresťanská únia, Za ľudí pre parlamentné voľby 2023". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  6. ↑"Results". Slovakia Statistical Office. Retrieved 16 October 2023.