Pirate Party of Catalonia
Pirates of Catalonia Pirates de Catalunya | |
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| 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] |
| National affiliation | Pirate Party (Spain) |
| International affiliation | Pirate Parties International |
| Local Government | 2 / 9,137 [3]
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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
[edit]| Cortes Generales | ||||||||||
| Election | Congress | Senate | Status | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote | % | Score | %[a] | Score | Seats | +/– | Seats | +/– | ||
| 2011 | 21,876 | 0.09 | 23rd | 0.63 | 10th | 0 / 47
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— | 0 / 16
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— | None |
| 2015 | Did not run | 0 / 47
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 0
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0 / 16
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0
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None | ||||
| 2016 | Did not run | 0 / 47
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0
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0 / 16
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0
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None | ||||
| Apr. 2019 | With Front Republicà | 0 / 47
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0
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0 / 16
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0
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None | ||||
| Nov. 2019 | With CUP[9] | 2 / 47
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 2
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0 / 16
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0
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Opposition | ||||
| 2023 | Did not run | 0 / 47
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 2
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0 / 16
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0
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None | ||||
Parliament of Catalonia
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| Election | Vote | % | Score | Seats | +/– | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,451 | 0.21 | 15th | 0 / 135
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— | None | |
| 2012 | 18,219 | 0.50 | 12th | 0 / 135
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— | None | |
| 2015 | 327 | 0.01 | 11th | 0 / 135
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— | None | |
| 2017 (1) | 195,246 | 4.46 | 6th | 4 / 135
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— | Confidence and supply | |
Local elections
[edit]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%
| Council | Votes | Valid percent | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 4.659 | 0,77% | 0 |
| L'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 |
(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
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ In Catalonia.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Pirates de Catalunya aprueba concurrir al 10N en coalición con la CUP". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2019-09-28. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "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
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