National Coalition / Independent Candidates

National Coalition / Independent Candidates (NK/NEKA; Slovak: Národná koalícia/Nezávislí kandidáti), formerly known as Party of Democratic Slovakia and National Coalition, 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, Pavel Zacharovský has been the chairman of the party. 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.[3]

National Coalition / Independent Candidates
Národná koalícia/Nezávislí kandidáti
AbbreviationNK/NEKA
ChairmanPavel Zacharovský
FounderSergej Kozlík
Founded5 March 2014 (2014-03-05) (SDS)
20 August 2015 (2015-08-20) (NK)[1]
Preceded byPeople's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia
HeadquartersRačianska 1571/66, 831 02 Bratislava-Nové Mesto
Membership (31 December 2018)1,500[2]
IdeologyNational conservatism
Political positionRight-wing
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

History

In the 2019 presidential election, the party expressed support for Štefan Harabin.[4] 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.[5] 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.[3] 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.[6] Despite being a member of the Kotlebist coalition, the party did not win a seat in the National Council.

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections
Election Leader Votes  % Seats +/– Government
2016 Sergej Kozlík Did not participate Extra-parliamentary
2020 Slavěna Vorobelová 229,581* 7.97 (#4)*
0 / 150
 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary

* the politicians of the National Coalition ran on the ĽSNS candidate list, none 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

References
  1. https://regiony.zoznam.sk/zmena-nazvu-zo-strany-demokratickeho-slovenska-je-narodna-koalicia/ Zmena názvu: Zo Strany demokratického Slovenska je Národná koalícia
  2. https://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/statna_komisia_pre_volby/30_annual_report/ar2018/narodna_koalicia.pdf Ministerstvo vnútra SR
  3. "Budúcnosť KDH". Postoj Media. ISSN 1336-720X. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "2. Je Národná koalícia nový subjekt?". MAFRA Slovakia. ISSN 1336-1996. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. "Zjednotenie pronárodných a kresťanských síl k akému nedošlo od roku 1993". narodnakoalicia.sk. 2020-01-16.
  6. "Definitívne výsledky hlasovania". Štatistický úrad SR.


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