Pirate Party of Catalonia

Pirates of Catalonia
Pirates of Catalonia; Pirates de Catalunya
Secretary-General	Enric Pineda Traïd
Founded	4 October 2010
Headquarters	Barcelona
Youth wing	Grumets Pirates
Membership (2012)	767[1]
Ideology	Pirate politics; Freedom of Information; Protection of privacy; Intellectual property reform; Transparency of government; Direct democracy; Catalan right of self-determination; Catalan independence[2]
European affiliation	European Pirate Party
International affiliation	Pirate Parties International
Local Government	2 / 9,137 [3]
Website
	pirates.cat
	Politics of Spain; Political parties; Elections;

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]

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

Election	Congress							Senate		Status
Cortes Generales
Election	Vote	%	Score	%[lower-alpha 1]	Score	Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–	Status
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

Election	Vote	%	Score	Seats	+/–	Status
Parliament of Catalonia
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%

Council	Votes	Valid percent	Seats
Barcelona	4.659	0,77%	0
Hospitalet de Llobregat	837	0,99%	0
Lleida	360	0,80%	0
Mataró	530	1,19%	0
Mollet del Vallès	144	0,83%	0
Reus(1)	1.918	5,11%	0
Santa Coloma de Gramanet (2)	2.575	6,65%	1
Sant Fruitós de Bages (3)	384	11,66%	1
Tarragona (1)	1.099	2,28%	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.

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Notes

In Catalonia.

References

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

External links

Official site

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[Cat-9] In Catalonia.

[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

[description-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.

[creation1-5] "El Partit Pirata anirà a les eleccions catalanes". vilaweb.cat (in Catalan). August 24, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-28.

[creation-6] "Ja som oficials!". pirata.cat/bloc (in Catalan). October 5, 2010. Archived from the original on October 8, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-01.

[elections_2010-7] "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.

[elections2011_assembly-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.

[elections2011_May-10] "Resultats may 2011". pirata.cat/bloc (in Catalan). May 23, 2011. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-23.