Pirate Party (Spain)

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Pirate Party
Partido Pirata (PIRATA)
President Daniel Alfredo Bonfils [1]
Secretary-GeneralRicardo Senovilla [1]
TreasurerFergus Reig [1]
Founded6 December 2006
HeadquartersAv. de los Reyes de España N° 38
E-30.612 Ulea (Murcia)
Ideology Pirate politics
Freedom of information
Direct democracy
International affiliation Pirate Parties International
Local Government
3 / 67,611
[2]
Website
www.partidopirata.es

The Pirate Party (Spanish : Partido Pirata; short: PIRATA, "Pirate") is a political party in Spain based on the model of the Swedish Pirate Party. It was registered by the Ministry of Interior on 6 December 2006.

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The party pays attention to citizen's rights and freedom, [3] proposes a reform of the Information Society Services Law of Spain (Spanish: Ley de Servicios de la Sociedad de Información de España - LSSI), and proposes the creation of appropriate legislation for RFID. Furthermore, the party requests the accessibility of culture, and the consideration of the Internet as a basic and neutral service. PIRATA opposes any kind of Internet censorship, as well as any charges on digital media and the Internet. The party favors a declination of private monopolies and software patents. The party also proposes the use of free software in the administration.

Electoral history

General elections in Spain, 2011

General elections were held n 20 November 2011; the winner of which was the conservative People's Party. The Pirate Party did not manage to obtain any electoral representation.

Congress of Deputies

DistrictAutonomous CommunityVoteValid PercentSeats
NavarraNavarra1.7940.54%0
CastellónValencia9990.33%0
TeruelAragón2190.28%0
HuescaAragón3970.33%0
Total Submitted0000.00%0
Total State0000.00%0

Senate

DistrictAutonomous CommunityCand.1% C1Cand.2% C2Cand.3% C3Seats
NavarreNavarre2,2730.71%00%0000.00%0
CastellonValencia2,3160.8%00%0000.00%0
Total submitted0000.00%0, 000.00%0000.00%0
Total State0000.00%0.000.00%0000.00%0

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