Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Pirate Party of Oklahoma was formed on January 18, 2010, with the signing of its constitution, [28] and the filing of a motion of intent to form a political party with the Oklahoma Election Board. The founding chairman was Marcus Kessler. The party was named an official state chapter of the United States Pirate Party on January 19, 2010. [29]
According to the poll, the Pirate Party would win 16 seats in the Althing. [32] [33] In April 2016, in the wake of the Panama Papers scandal, polls showed the Icelandic Pirate Party at 43% and the Independence Party at 21.6%, [34] although the Pirate Party eventually won 15% of the vote and 10 seats in the 29 October 2016 parliamentary election.
台灣海盜黨 Pirate Party of Taiwan [49] The government forbid use of 海盜(Pirate) in its party name.' [50] — — — Asia Tunisia: Pirate Party of Tunisia [51] Officially registered Yes No No Africa Tunisian Pirate Party [52] Officially registered No No No Turkey: Korsan Parti Türkiye: Active but unregistered Yes No No Europe Ukraine
The Pirate Party UK contested its first election in 2010, standing nine candidates in the 2010 general election. The party also stood candidates in the 2011 Oldham East and Saddleworth and 2012 Manchester Central by-elections. The party also contested several local government elections and the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
In 2009, the original Pirate Party won 7.1% of the vote [6] in Sweden's European Parliament elections and won two of Sweden's twenty MEP seats, inspired by a surge in membership following the trial and conviction of three members of the ideologically aligned Pirate Bay a year earlier.
A Pirate Party Germany election placard in Berlin in 2014, stating "Release the hemp!" ( Gebt das Hanf frei! In the 2014 European parliament elections , the Pirate Party received 1.45% of the national vote (424,510 votes in total) and returned a single Member of the European Parliament . [ 52 ]
The MassPirates officially became registered as a non-party political designation in Massachusetts in 2011. [3] Massachusetts was the first state to have a registered pirate party. [4] In 2012, they ran the first pirate candidate, JP Hollembaek, in United States history. [5] Hollembaek ran for state representative in the 16th Middlesex District ...
The Pirate Party (Icelandic: Píratar, lit. 'Pirates') is a political party in Iceland. The party's platform is based on pirate politics and direct democracy. [2] [3] The party was founded on 24 November 2012 and ran for the first time in the 2013 parliamentary election.