Pirate Party of Catalonia

Pirates of Catalonia
Pirates de Catalunya
Secretary-General Lurdes Prieto Cano
Spokesperson Kenneth Peiruza Cerdán
Founded 4 October 2010
Headquarters Barcelona
Youth wing Grumets Pirates
Ideology Pirate politics
Freedom of Information
Protection of privacy
Copyright and patent reform
Transparency of government
Direct democracy
International affiliation Pirate Parties International
Local Government
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Website
pirata.cat

Pirates of Catalonia (Catalan: Pirates de Catalunya, PIRATA.CAT) is a political party in the Catalonia region of Spain. 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.[2]

The party was founded in August 2010 and was officially registered as a political party in October.[3][4] 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%).[5] The party held its first assembly on December 22, 2010 in Barcelona.[6]

May 2011 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

(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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See also

References

  1. ↑ RESULTS FOR PIRATES IN THE SPANISH LOCAL ELECTIONS
  2. ↑ "Què és PIRATA.CAT?". pirata.cat/bloc (in Catalan). November 29, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
  3. ↑ "El Partit Pirata anirà a les eleccions catalanes". vilaweb.cat (in Catalan). August 24, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
  4. ↑ "Ja som oficials!". pirata.cat/bloc (in Catalan). October 5, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-01.
  5. ↑ "Parlament de Catalunya 2010 - Resultats provisionals - Catalunya". parlament2010resultats.cat (in Catalan). November 28, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
  6. ↑ "Resultats primera assemblea general". pirata.cat/bloc (in Catalan). December 24, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
  7. ↑ "Resultats may 2011". pirata.cat/bloc (in Catalan). May 23, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
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