Briefing
The Galician party Anova-Irmandade Nacionalista issued a statement on 24 October 2026, once again calling on voters to support the Bloque Nacionalista Galego in Spain’s parliamentary elections on 29 November. Anova described its recommendation as an “anti-fascist tactical vote”, explaining that its aim was to curb the strength of far-right forces and strengthen the representation of Galician interests in Madrid.
Anova, currently led by Martiño Noriega stressed that this was not an organisational merger with the Bloque, but a tactical electoral recommendation based on the view that bringing together the pro-sovereignty and left-wing spectrum in Galicia’s multi-member constituencies would increase the chances of winning seats. Noriega is a doctor and was previously mayor of Santiago de Compostela; he appears in the statement as the party’s spokesperson.
The spokesperson for Bloque Nacionalista Galego, Ana Pontón, welcomed Anova’s appeal and called at an event on 26 October for Galicia’s electoral potential to be concentrated, so that the Bloque could win seats in all four provinces and Galicia could carry more weight in Madrid. Neither side reported formal negotiations over candidate positions or joint electoral lists.
Anova places the recommendation within a broader narrative in which pro-sovereignty left-wing parties such as EH Bildu, Esquerra Republicana and the CUP are portrayed as forces that have recently represented social concerns in parliaments and local councils and opposed the far right. This political assessment should be read as a party-political view, not as a forecast of the election result.
The current recommendation reiterates Anova’s previous calls to support the Bloque in national, regional and European elections. Whether the desired concentration of votes produces the expected effect will only be decided after the votes are counted on 29 November 2026. The episode is unfolding mainly in Galicia and is directly politically relevant there.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).