Alhora (lit. 'At the same time / At once') is a Catalan political party that was founded by Jordi Graupera and Clara Ponsatí with the intention of running in the 2024 Catalan regional election. The party "welcomes people from the pro-independence left to liberal Catalanism" with the aim to work for "the independence of Catalonia".[1]
Alhora | |
|---|---|
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| President | Jordi Graupera |
| Vice president | Júlia Ojeda |
| Founders | Jordi Graupera Clara Ponsatí |
| Founded | 23 April 2024 |
| Split from | Together for Catalonia |
| Headquarters | Barcelona |
| Ideology | Catalan independence |
| Political position | Big tent |
| Colors | Raspberry Aquamarine |
| Parliament of Catalonia | 0 / 135 |
| Website | |
| alhora | |
While the party defines itself as above the left-right divide and includes prominent politicians formerly belonging to both the centre-right Junts and centre-left ERC, some commentators have suggested that the project should be seen as an outgrowth of the Catalan pro-independence right.[2][3]
History
editAt the beginning of March 2024, Jordi Graupera and Clara Ponsatí announced that they planned to launch a new, pro-independence "political space" within the Catalan political landscape. While eschewing the traditional language of a political party, they nonetheless announced their intention to run in the upcoming elections to the Parliament of Catalonia, which were at the time scheduled for February 2025.[4]
Catalan President Pere Aragonès' early calling of elections for 12 May 2024 accelerated the process of the party's creation and electoral registration.[5] The press conference presenting Alhora's proposal was held by Clara Ponsatí, Jordi Graupera, Ada Ferrer and Anna Punsoda, the group representing the new party.[6]
To be able to stand in the elections, they needed 5,703 signatures in total across all four Catalan provinces: 4,243 in Barcelona, 596 in Tarragona, 546 in Girona and 317 in Lleida.[7] Graupera and Ponsatí asked for volunteers for the signature collection process.[8] On 2 April 2024, they confirmed that they had the necessary signatures.[9]
The party received 0.44% of the votes overall in the 2024 elections, achieving no representation in Parliament.[10]
Beginning in October 2024, Alhora launched a YouTube podcast hosted by Graupera intended to spotlight discussions of diverse topics of relevance to Catalan politics, inviting a range of guests with relevant expertise or experience regardless of party affiliation.[11] As of November 2025, the channel had 4,000 subscribers and 1.3 million views.[12]
References
edit- ^ editorweb (2024-04-02). "Clara Ponsatí sobre el nou referèndum d'independència d'Aragonès" (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-04-04.
- ^ "El nou camí d'Alhora: cap a una política municipalista per al 2027". El Món - Notícies i actualitat d'última hora en Català (in Catalan). 2025-06-28. Retrieved 2025-11-26.
- ^ Pujol, Guillem (2024-06-03). "Alhora, el nou projecte polític de la dreta independentista postconvergent". Catalunya Plural (in Catalan). Retrieved 2025-11-26.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Partal, Txell (8 March 2023). "Clara Ponsatí: "Volem ser el pal de paller de l'independentisme"". Vilaweb (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ "Ponsatí i Graupera confirmen que es presentaran a les eleccions: "Hi anem. I accelerem"". Vilaweb (in Catalan). 13 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ "Ponsatí i Graupera presenten el partit polític Alhora, que pretén omplir el quart espai independentista". Público. 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ Millan, Pere (13 March 2024). "La precipitació electoral, un entrebanc per a les candidatures de l'ANC i Alhora". Vilaweb (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ "Ponsatí i Graupera demanen 500 voluntaris per a aconseguir les signatures per a ser al 12-M". Vilaweb (in Catalan). 14 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ "Alhora, el partit de Ponsatí i Graupera, ja té les signatures per a presentar-se a les eleccions". Vilaweb (in Catalan). 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ "Resultados provisionales - Catalunya". resultats.eleccionsparlament.cat (in Spanish). Government of Catalonia. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ Alhora (2024-10-14). Cal una doble xarxa a l'escola catalana?. Retrieved 2025-11-26 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Alhora's YouTube Statistics". Social Blade. Retrieved 2025-11-26.