Ahora Canarias
Canary Islands Now (Spanish: Ahora Canarias) is a left-wing and Canarian separatist electoral alliance founded in February 2019 in order to compete in the 2019 Spanish general election and the Canarian regional election of that same year. The alliance is formed by three parties: Canarian Nationalist Alternative (Spanish: Alternativa Nacionalista Canaria, ANC), National Congress of the Canaries (Spanish: Congreso Nacional de las Canarias; CNC) and the Unity of the People (Spanish: Unidad del Pueblo, UP).[1]
Ahora Canarias | |
|---|---|
| Founded | February 8, 2019 |
| Merger of | ANC CNC UP |
| Ideology | Canarian independence Socialism Berberism anti-NATO |
| Political position | Left-wing to Far-left |
| National affiliation | Ahora Repúblicas |
| European Parliament group | GUE-NGL and G-EFA (Ahora Repúblicas) |
| Slogan | #UnidadIndependista |
| Website | |
| Ahora Canarias | |
The parties involved in Ahora Canarias are also part of the Ahora Repúblicas alliance formed for the 2019 European Parliament election. Ahora Repúblicas is formed from progressive, left-wing nationalist and independentist parties from Catalonia, the Basque Country, Galicia, Asturias, Aragon and the Canary Islands.[2]
Election results
| Constituency | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | ||
| Las Palmas | 1,263 | 0.23% |
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 1,774 | 0.34% |
| Canary Islands | 3,037 | 0.29% |
| November 2019 | ||
| Las Palmas | 1.110 | 0.23% |
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 922 | 0.20% |
| Canary Islands | 2,032 | 0,21% |
| Constituency | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Canary Islands at-large | 2,539 | 0.28% |
| El Hierro | 11 | 0.18% |
| Fuerteventura | 121 | 0.34% |
| Gran Canaria | 1.424 | 0.39% |
| La Gomera | 27 | 0.24% |
| La Palma | 48 | 0.11% |
| Lanzarote | 200 | 0.41% |
| Tenerife | 2,016 | 0.50% |
| Constituency | Votes | % | Misc. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canary Islands | 2.460 | 0,27% | Under the banner ANC–UP–Ahora Repúblicas |
References
- Palmas, La Provincia-Diario de Las. "Nace Ahora Canarias "para conseguir la liberación del pueblo canario"". www.laprovincia.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-09-07.
- Autonómico, El Confidencial (2019-01-29). "Una coalición independentista canaria se presentará a las elecciones autonómicas". El Confidencial Autonómico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-09-07.