Pirate Party (Finland)

The Pirate Party (Finnish: Piraattipuolue, Swedish: Piratpartiet) is a registered political party in Finland. The group currently has around 173 paying members.[1] The chairman of the party is Riikka Nieminen.[2] The party is a member of Pirate Parties International and European Pirate Party.

Pirate Party

Piraattipuolue
Piratpartiet
ChairpersonRiikka Nieminen
Vice-chairpeopleJuho Karvinen
Marek Nečada
Tuomas Ali-Hokka
Founded24 May 2008
HeadquartersFranzéninkatu 5 E 1
00500 Helsinki
NewspaperPurje (discontinued 2013)
Youth wingPirate Youth
Membership173 paying members(2019)
IdeologyPirate politics
Freedom of information
Privacy
International affiliationPirate Parties International
ColoursBlack, white, purple
Parliament
0 / 200
European Parliament
0 / 13
Municipalities
2 / 8,999
Website
www.piraattipuolue.fi

History

In January 2008, Matti Hiltunen registered the domain piraattipuolue.fi and set up a BBS on the site. In May 2008, about 50 founding members of the party held the founding assembly in Tampere.[3] In September 2008 the party started to collect the 5,000 supporter cards needed to officially register the party. The party's goal was to take part in the 2009 European Parliamentary election. The supporter cards were collected by 1 June 2009,[4] too late for the elections. The party was officially registered on 13 August 2009.[5]

In October 2009, the Pirate Party took part in the special municipal election of Loviisa with 1 candidate, but did not win a seat. The party's first major election was the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election with 127 candidates in 11 constituencies,[6] gathering 0.5% of votes and becoming the largest party to have no seats in parliament.[7] In the 2014 European Parliament election it gathered 12,378 votes (0.7%).[8] In the 2015 Finnish parliamentary election the party got 25,105 or 0,8% of total votes, and was left without seats in the parliament.[9] Consequently, Ministry of Justice decided to remove the Pirate Party among 5 others from its list of political parties due to lack of confidence in parliamentary voting for two elections.[10] The party collected the needed 5,000 supporter cards again and was registered on 6 June 2016.[11]

In the 2017 municipal elections, the Pirate Party gained two seats on municipal councils, one in Helsinki and one in Jyväskylä. Helsinki's council member Petrus Pennanen received 1,364 votes;[12] Jyväskylä's council member Arto Lampila received 191 votes.[13]

Political goals

In its political agenda, the party aims to develop open democracy, safeguard civil rights and increased transparency in politics. It wants to free information and culture from prohibitive restrictions and review the utility of the patent system, all while increasing privacy and freedom of speech. The party supports a basic income and wants to abolish daylight saving time.[14]

Pirate Youth

The party has a youth organisation, the Pirate Youth (Finnish: Piraattinuoret). It was founded on 5 February 2009 in Helsinki. It has an upper age-limit of 28 years.[15] Membership of Piraattinuoret is free of charge.

Electoral performance
Election campaign stations for the Pirate Party and Independence Party on Narinkkatori in Helsinki.

Parliamentary elections
Year Elected Votes Share
2011 0 15,103 0.51%
2015 0 25,105 0.85%
2019 0 19,032 0.62%

European Parliamentary elections
Year Elected Votes Share Ref.
2014 0 12,355 0.7%
2019 0 12,579 0.7% [16]

Municipal elections
Year Elected Votes Share Ref.
2012 0 5,986 0.2%
2017 2 9,075 0.4% [17]

Party chairs
Former party chairman Harri Kivistö
  • Carl E. Wahlman (2008)
  • Pasi Palmulehto (2008–2012)
  • Harri Kivistö (2012–2014)
  • Tapani Karvinen (2014–2016)
  • Jonna Purojärvi (2016–2018)
  • Petrus Pennanen (2018–2019)
  • Pekka Mustonen (2019–)

References
  1. "Piraattipuolueen rivit rakoilevat: puheenjohtaja haluaa lakkauttaa puolueen ja liittää sen toiseen". 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. https://www.piraattipuolue.fi/ihmiset/
  3. "Historia ja tilastoja". Piraattipuolue. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  4. "Finnish Pirate Party files for party registration". Helsingin Sanomat. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  5. "Pirate Party of Finland enters party register". 2009. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
  6. "Number of candidates by party and constituency in Parliamentary elections 2011". 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  7. "Results - Whole country". 13 May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 April 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  8. "Tulos puolueittain". Finnish Ministry of Justice. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  9. "Koko maa - puolueiden kannatus". Yle uutiset. Yleisradio. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  10. "Kuusi puoluetta putosi puoluerekisteristä". Yle uutiset. Yleisradio. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  11. "Piraattipuolue palasi puolueeksi". Suomenmaa. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  12. "Helsinki - Kuntavaalit 2017 - Vaalien tulospalvelu | Yle". Vaalien tulospalvelu (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-04-10.
  13. "Jyväskylä - Kuntavaalit 2017 - Vaalien tulospalvelu | Yle". Vaalien tulospalvelu (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-04-10.
  14. "Puolueohjelma" (in Finnish). Piraattipuolue. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  15. "Yhdistystietoa" (in Finnish). Piraattinuoret. Archived from the original on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  16. "Europarlamenttivaalit 2019: Tulokset: Koko maa" (in Finnish). Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  17. "Koko maa - Kuntavaalit 2017 - Vaalien tulospalvelu | Yle". Vaalien tulospalvelu (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-04-10.
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