Ordinary People and Independent Personalities

The four Ordinary People (OĽaNO) MPs were Igor Matovič, Erika Jurinová, Martin Fecko, Jozef Viskupič.[12] OĽaNO sat in the National Council with the SaS and signed an agreement with the SaS that its members could not cross the floor to another group. In June and July 2010,[12] it was rumoured that OĽaNO would refuse to back the programme of the new centre-right coalition,[13] which included Freedom and Solidarity, and whose majority depended on Ordinary People.[14]

In August 2010, Matovič said that it was not the right time to become an independent party.[14] However, on 28 October 2011, Ordinary People filed a formal party registration, while Matovič announced that the party would compete in 2012 parliamentary election as a separate electoral list, of independents and representatives of the Civic Conservative Party and the Conservative Democrats.[15] In the 2012 election, the party came in third place overall, winning 8.55% of the vote and 16 seats.[16]

In the 2014 European elections, OĽaNO came in fourth place nationally, receiving 7.46% of the vote and electing 1 MEP.[17]

In the 2016 parliamentary election, Ordinary People ran in alliance with New Majority. They received 11.02% votes in Slovakia and consequently 19 MPs in the Slovak Parliament, 17 of whom came from Ordinary People.

In 2014–2019, the party was member of European Parliament group of European Conservatives and Reformists and in 2019 switched to the European People's Party group.

At the February 2020 parliamentary election, the Party received 25.0% of the vote, winning a 53 of 150 seats in the National Council. Party leader Igor Matovič was appointed as the Prime Minister designate.

The OĽaNO has been referred to as catch-all, populist and anti-corruption without clear social and economic policies. The party presents itself primarily as an "honest anti-corruption movement in order to defeat corrupt politicians and their political parties." At the same time, it says it wants to "create space for both Christians and liberals," with leader Igor Matovič saying during the 2020 election campaign that he wanted to serve voters from across the political spectrum. During the 2020 parliamentary election, Focus' electoral exit poll showed that almost 70% of OĽaNO voters supported the party because "they are fighting corruption." Matovič himself is considered an unpredictable and eccentric leader who underlines the populist policies of his movement and is one of its main pillars.

The movement is very fragmented and its parliamentary club is often referred to as a "group of random people" or "people from the street." The party leader decides on the candidate list personally and selects popular personalities from all walks of life. Most OĽaNO deputies do not reserve ideologies and fulfill the populist nature of the movement. However, the conservative to national-conservative wing in a smaller faction of the Christian Union, but also in OĽANO itself, has a strong influence in the movement. At the same time, about 10–15 deputies call themselves or are considered liberals.

In 2019, Ordinary People suggested toughening restrictions on abortions. The proposal included a fee charge for abortion for women over 40 years of age. The proposal also featured written guidance to be given by the doctor to the woman before the procedure. This guidance included a detailed description of the medical procedure and the feelings that women can expect after the procedure.[18]

During the election campaign in 2019, the party's leader Igor Matovič promised that Ordinary People would not enter a government which would approve registered partnerships for same sex couples.[19] OĽaNO also rejects migrant redistribution quotas, proposed by the European Commission.[20]