Ensame Nacionalista Astur (ENA), was a

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. ENA was an Asturian nationalist and

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History

ENA was created by ex-members of the Asturian Nationalist Council. The party presented a candidacy for the Asturian elections of 1983, led by the writer Andrés Solar. The list gained 2,505 votes (0.45%) and no seats. In the next Asturian elections the party presented a candidacy again, gaining 2,800 votes (0.49%). In the European elections of 1987 ENA, along with the Communist Movement of Asturias and the LCR supported the candidacy of the Basque coalition

Herri Batasuna Herri Batasuna (; ; HB) was a Far-left politics, far-left Basque nationalist coalition in Spain. It was founded in 1978 and defined itself as abertzale left, abertzale, left-wing, socialism, socialist, and supported the independence of the Basque ...

, that won 5,623 votes in

(0.98%). The party merged with the Xunta Nacionalista Asturiana to create a new party: Asturian Nationalist Unity.

References

* Patrick W. Zimmerman; Faer Asturies. ''La política llingüística y la construcción frustrada del nacionalismu asturianu (1974-1999)''. Editorial Trabe, 2012. Defunct nationalist parties in Spain Defunct socialist parties in Spain Political parties in Asturias Asturian nationalist parties Left-wing nationalist parties in Spain Political parties disestablished in 1988