Pirate Party of Catalonia

Pirates of Catalonia (Catalan: Pirates de Catalunya, PIRATA.CAT) is a political party in Catalonia. The party is based on the model of the Swedish Pirate Party and is a member of the Pirate Parties International, it supports intellectual property reform, open access to culture and knowledge, transparency and direct democracy.[4]

Pirates of Catalonia

Pirates de Catalunya
Secretary-GeneralEnric Pineda Traïd
Founded4 October 2010
HeadquartersBarcelona
Youth wingGrumets Pirates
Membership (2012)767[1]
IdeologyPirate politics
Freedom of Information
Protection of privacy
Intellectual property reform
Transparency of government
Direct democracy
Catalan right of self-determination
Catalan independence[2]
European affiliationEuropean Pirate Party
International affiliationPirate Parties International
Local Government
2 / 9,137
[3]
Website
pirates.cat

The party was founded in August 2010 and was officially registered as a political party in October.[5][6] The party contested for the first time in an election for the 2010 Catalan election, held on 28 November 2010, where it got 6.489 votes (0,21%).[7] The party held its first assembly on December 22, 2010 in Barcelona.[8]

Electoral results

Cortes Generales
Cortes Generales
Election Congress Senate Status
Vote % Score %[lower-alpha 1] Score Seats +/– Seats +/–
2011 21,876 0.09 23rd 0.63 10th
0 / 47
 —
0 / 16
 — None
2015 Did not run
0 / 47
 0
0 / 16
 0 None
2016 Did not run
0 / 47
 0
0 / 16
 0 None
2019 With Front Republicà
0 / 47
 0
0 / 16
 0 None

Parliament of Catalonia
Parliament of Catalonia
Election Vote % Score Seats +/– Status
2010 6,451 0.21 15th
0 / 135
 — None
2012 18,219 0.50 12th
0 / 135
 — None
2015 327 0.01 11th
0 / 135
 — None

Local elections

The party ran candidates in local elections in May 2011. It gained two municipal councillors, one in Sant Fruitós de Bages and another in Santa Coloma de Gramenet. They tripled results in Barcelona, from 1767 votes (0.25%) to 4659 (0.77%). In Hospitalet they increased from 0.24% to 0.99%. In Lleida from 0.23% to 0.80%. In Mataró of 0.20% to 1.19% and Mollet, from 0.20% to 0.83%

CouncilVotesValid percentSeats
Barcelona4.6590,77%0
Hospitalet de Llobregat8370,99%0
Lleida3600,80%0
Mataró5301,19%0
Mollet del Vallès1440,83%0
Reus(1)1.9185,11%0
Santa Coloma de Gramanet (2)2.5756,65%1
Sant Fruitós de Bages (3)38411,66%1
Tarragona (1)1.0992,28%0

[9]

(1) In the candidates list of Candidatura d'Unitat Popular.
(2) In coalition with Gent de Gramenet.
(3) In coalition with Imagina't Sant Fruitós - AM.

See also

Notes
  1. In Catalonia.

References
  1. Pirates de Catalunya, membre de ple dret de la Internacional de Partits Pirates. VilaWeb, 2012.
  2. "U d'octubre: recordem, reivindiquem, reclamem la República". Pirates de Catalunya (in Catalan). 1 October 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. RESULTS FOR PIRATES IN THE SPANISH LOCAL ELECTIONS
  4. "Què és PIRATA.CAT?". pirata.cat/bloc (in Catalan). November 29, 2010. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
  5. "El Partit Pirata anirà a les eleccions catalanes". vilaweb.cat (in Catalan). August 24, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
  6. "Ja som oficials!". pirata.cat/bloc (in Catalan). October 5, 2010. Archived from the original on October 8, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-01.
  7. "Parlament de Catalunya 2010 - Resultats provisionals - Catalunya". parlament2010resultats.cat (in Catalan). November 28, 2010. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
  8. "Resultats primera assemblea general". pirata.cat/bloc (in Catalan). December 24, 2010. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
  9. "Resultats may 2011". pirata.cat/bloc (in Catalan). May 23, 2011. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
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