Pirate Party of Catalonia

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Pirates of Catalonia
Pirates de Catalunya
Secretary-General Enric Pineda Traïd
Founded4 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]
National affiliation Pirate Party (Spain)
International affiliation Pirate Parties International
Local Government
2 / 9,137
[3]
Website
pirates.cat

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]

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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 22 December 2010 in Barcelona. [8]

Electoral results

Cortes Generales

Cortes Generales
ElectionCongressSenateStatus
Vote %Score % [a] ScoreSeats+/–Seats+/–
2011 21,8760.0923rd0.6310th
0 / 47
0 / 16
None
2015 Did not run
0 / 47
Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0
0 / 16
Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0None
2016 Did not run
0 / 47
Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0
0 / 16
Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0None
Apr. 2019 With Front Republicà
0 / 47
Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0
0 / 16
Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0None
Nov. 2019 With CUP [9]
2 / 47
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0 / 16
Arrow Blue Right 001.svg 0Opposition
2023 Did not run
0 / 47
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0 / 16
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Parliament of Catalonia

The Pirates have never won any seats in the Parliament of Catalonia, but they have been in lists alongside the CUP which have won seats.

Parliament of Catalonia
ElectionVote %ScoreSeats+/–Status
2010 6,4510.2115th
0 / 135
None
2012 18,2190.5012th
0 / 135
None
2015 3270.0111th
0 / 135
None
2017 (1)195,2464.466th
4 / 135
Confidence and supply
2021 (1)189,9246.686th
9 / 135
Confidence and supply
2024 Did not runNone

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 l'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
L'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

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(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.

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