Alhora
PresidentJordi Graupera
Vice presidentJúlia Ojeda
FoundersJordi Graupera
Clara Ponsatí
Founded23 April 2024 (2024-04-23)
HeadquartersBarcelona
Ideology
Political positionBig tent
Colors  Raspberry
  Aquamarine
Parliament of Catalonia
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Website
alhora.cat

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]

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]

The party's main points include a move from overtourism towards a quality economy that prevents brain drain, guarantees and protections towards Catalan from diglossia and language death through a dual education system akin to the Basque Country's to keep it as the main language of communication, integrating immigration into Catalan identity, and a green energy transition, among others.[4]

History

At 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.[5]

Catalan President Pere Aragonès' early calling of elections for 12 May 2024 accelerated the process of the party's creation and electoral registration.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8] Graupera and Ponsatí asked for volunteers for the signature collection process.[9] On 2 April 2024, they confirmed that they had the necessary signatures.[10]

The party received 0.44% of the votes overall in the 2024 elections, achieving no representation in Parliament.[11]

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.[12] As of November 2025, the channel had 4,000 subscribers and 1.3 million views.[13]

Electoral performance

Parliament of Catalonia

Election Leading candidate Votes % Seats +/– Government
2024 Clara Ponsatí 14,104 0.45 (#11)
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 New No seats

References

  1. ^ editorweb (2024-04-02). "Clara Ponsatí sobre el nou referèndum d'independència d'Aragonès" (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ Soto, Rosa (2024-04-09). "Qué es Alhora, el partido independentista de Clara Ponsatí que se presentará a las elecciones de Cataluña". Catalunya Plural (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-26.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Partal, Txell (8 March 2023). "Clara Ponsatí: "Volem ser el pal de paller de l'independentisme"". Vilaweb (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  6. ^ "Ponsatí i Graupera confirmen que es presentaran a les eleccions: "Hi anem. I accelerem"". Vilaweb (in Catalan). 13 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  7. ^ "Ponsatí i Graupera presenten el partit polític Alhora, que pretén omplir el quart espai independentista". Público. 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Resultados provisionales - Catalunya". resultats.eleccionsparlament.cat (in Spanish). Government of Catalonia. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  12. ^ Alhora (2024-10-14). Cal una doble xarxa a l'escola catalana?. Retrieved 2025-11-26 – via YouTube.
  13. ^ "Alhora's YouTube Statistics". Social Blade. Retrieved 2025-11-26.