Conservative Democrats of Slovakia

Conservative Democrats of Slovakia
Konzervatívni demokrati Slovenska
LeaderVladimír Palko
Founded2008
Dissolved2014
Split fromChristian Democratic Movement
HeadquartersBratislava
Membership (2013)Steady 50[1]
IdeologyNational conservatism[2]
Conservatism[3]
Euroscepticism[4][5]
Christian democracy[4]
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing[6]
ColoursPurple
Website
www.kdsonline.sk

The Conservative Democrats of Slovakia (Slovak: Konzervatívni demokrati Slovenska, KDS) is a defunct Slovak political party established by four MPs (František Mikloško, Vladimír Palko, Rudolf Bauer and Pavol Minárik) who belonged to the Christian Democratic Movement, but left it on 21 February 2008 over disagreements with the party leader.

Members of the preparatory committee of KDS were Vladimír Palko, František Mikloško, Vladimír Pčolinský, Pavol Minárik, Rudolf Bauer[7] and the press spokesman of the planned party was Jaroslav Daniška.[8]

The party was established in July 2008. Vladimír Palko became its chairman.[7]

In 2014, the party was dissolved following Rudolf Bauer’s failure in the Košice mayoral elections.[9]

Electoral history

2009 European Parliament elections

In the 2009 European Parliament elections KDS formed a coalition with Civic Conservative Party (OKS). KDS-OKS coalition signed a cooperation agreement with Declan Ganley’s pan-European Eurosceptic movement Libertas in Bratislava on 15 May 2009. Libertas supported the KDS–OKS candidates in the elections to the European Parliament.[10] Lead candidate of coalition list was Vladimír Palko.[11]

The coalition received only 2.1% of the vote and won no seats.[12]

2009 Presidential elections

KDS announced that František Mikloško would contest the 2009 presidential election.[13] Mikloško received 5.41% of the vote.[14]

2010 Parliamentary elections

KDS did not contest the 2010 parliamentary elections, citing the party’s financial problems.[15]

2014 European Parliament elections

In the 2014 European Parliament elections, KDS ran in a three-party coalition with the parties NOVA and the Civic Conservative Party (OKS).[16] The coalition received 6,83% of the vote and won one seat.

Footnotes

  1. ^ https://www.nrsr.sk/web/Static/sk-SK/Finance/2013/KDS.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ Bátora, Jozef (11 June 2010), "Hungary is the main issue in the Slovakian elections", Toute l'Europe, archived from the original on 13 February 2013, retrieved 31 January 2012
  3. ^ "Erfolg für das christdemokratische Lager bei der Europawahl", Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 10 June 2014, retrieved 25 August 2022
  4. ^ a b "Traditionell niedrige Wahlbeteiligung", Der Standard, 29 May 2009, retrieved 25 August 2022
  5. ^ "Crisis 'not helping' Eurosceptics gain consensus", EurActiv, 27 March 2009, retrieved 31 January 2012
  6. ^ Grigorij Mesežnikov; Miroslav Kollár; Michal Vašečka (29 June 2010). Nations in Transit 2010 - Slovakia. Freedom House. p. 484. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Register politických strán a politických hnutí". ives.minv.sk. Archived from the original on 2024-06-17. Retrieved 2025-12-14.
  8. ^ a.s, Petit Press. "KDS je nespokojné so zamietnutím návrhu zákona o ochrane verejného záujmu". SME.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2025-12-14.
  9. ^ "Palkova strana KDS potichu zanikla". Denník N (in Slovak). 9 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  10. ^ "KDS-OKS sa spojilo s Libertas". euractiv.sk (in Slovak). 2009-05-15. Archived from the original on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2025-12-14.
  11. ^ a.s, Petit Press. "Kandidáti pre voľby do Európskeho parlamentu". SME.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2025-12-14.
  12. ^ "Voľby do Európskeho parlamentu na Slovensku v roku 2009", Wikipédia (in Slovak), 2025-05-31, retrieved 2025-12-14
  13. ^ New Conservative Party in the Making in Slovakia
  14. ^ "Voľba prezidenta SR 2009". Archived from the original on 2010-04-25. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
  15. ^ "Konzervatívni Demokrati Slovenska". www.kdsonline.sk. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2025-12-14.
  16. ^ Oks |. "OKS pôjde do eurovolieb v trojkoalícii s NOVA a KDS". OKS (in Slovak). Retrieved 2025-12-14.
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