OĽaNO and Friends
OĽaNO a priatelia
LeaderIgor Matovič
Founded26 May 2023 (2023-05-26)
Registered3 July 2023 (2023-07-03)
IdeologyConservatism
Coalition membersOĽaNO[lower-alpha 1]
KÚ
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Colours  Grey
  Green
National Council
16 / 150
Website
obycajniludia.sk

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 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

Name Ideology Position Leader MPs MEPs
Ordinary People and Independent Personalities
Obyčajní ľudia a nezávislé osobnosti		 Conservatism
Populism		 Centre-right Igor Matovič
12 / 150
1 / 14
Christian Union
Kresťanská únia		 Christian right
National conservatism		 Right-wing Anna Záborská
2 / 150
0 / 14
For the People
Za ľudí		 Liberal conservatism
Pro-Europeanism		 Centre-right Veronika Remišová
1 / 150
0 / 14
New Majority
Nová Väčšina		 Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy		 Centre-right Gábor Grendel
1 / 150
0 / 14

Election results

National Council

Election Leader Votes  % Rank Seats +/– Status
2023 Igor Matovič 264,137
8.9%
 4th
16 / 150
 New Opposition

Notes

  1. ↑ NOVA, SaZ, Pačivale Roma, Magyar szívek

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.
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