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 | |
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| Founded | February 8, 2019 |
| Merger of | ANC CNC UP |
| Ideology | Canarian independence Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
| National affiliation | Ahora Repúblicas (since 2019) |
| Regional affiliation | Drago Project (2023) |
| Slogan | #UnidadIndependista |
| Website | |
| ahoracanarias | |
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]
In the 2023 Canarian regional election and the 2023 general election Ahora Canarias is forming an alliance with the Communist Party of the Canarian Peoples.[3]
Election results
edit| Constituency | Votes | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | |
| 2023 | |||
| Las Palmas | 868 | 0.16% | In a coalition with the PCPE |
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 772 | 0.15% | |
| Canary Islands | 1.640 | 0.16% | |
| Constituency | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Canary Islands at-large | 3,163 | 0.36% |
| El Hierro | - | - |
| Fuerteventura | - | - |
| Gran Canaria | 1,113 | 0.31% |
| La Gomera | - | - |
| La Palma | - | - |
| Lanzarote | 176 | 0.37% |
| Tenerife | 1,226 | 0.32% |
| Constituency | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Canary Islands at-large | 2,156 | 0.25% |
| El Hierro | - | - |
| Fuerteventura | - | - |
| Gran Canaria | 1,250 | 0.36% |
| La Gomera | - | - |
| La Palma | - | - |
| Lanzarote | - | - |
| Tenerife | 856 | 0.23% |
| Constituency | Year | Votes | % | Misc. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canary Islands | 2019 | 2.460 | 0,27% | Under the banner ANC–UP–Ahora Repúblicas |
| 2024 | 1,790 | 0.26% |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Candidatura conjunta PCPC-Ahora Canarias". Unidad y Lucha. 12 April 2023.