Pirate Party (Netherlands)

The Pirate Party (Dutch: Piratenpartij, PPNL) is a political party in the Netherlands, formed in 2006 but not officially registered until 10 March 2010.^[1] The party is based on the model of the Swedish Pirate Party.

Pirate Party Piratenpartij
Chairman	Pejman Davish-Zadeh
Founded	10 March 2010; 15 years ago (2010-03-10)
Ideology	Pirate politics Privacy Open government Direct democracy Freedom of information
Political position	Syncretic
European affiliation	European Pirate Party
International affiliation	Pirate Parties International
Colours	Purple
Enkhuizen city council	1 / 17
Website
piratenpartij.nl
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Positions

The party purposefully limits itself to a limited number of positions. It wants to curb Dutch copyright law (where it wants non-commercial use to be free), to remodel patent law, to protect and strengthen (digital) civil rights, a transparent government and a considerate handling of IT-projects by the government.^[2][3] Its Declaration of Principles says that its purpose is "to change global legislation to facilitate the emerging information society, which is characterized by diversity and openness. We do this by requiring an increased level of respect for the citizens and their right to privacy, as well as reforms to copyright and patent law."^[4]

Election results

General elections

Election	Lead candidate	List	Votes	Vote share	Seats	±	Ballot Access	Notes
2010	Samir Allioui	List	10,471	0.11%	0 / 150	New	19/19	[5][6]
2012	Dirk Poot	List	30,600	0.32%	0 / 150	0	19/20[a]	[7]
2017	Ancilla van de Leest	List	35,478	0.34%	0 / 150	0	19/20[a]	[8]
2021	Matthijs Pontier	List	22,878	0.22%	0 / 150	0	20/20	[9]
2023		List
2025		List

European Parliament elections

The Pirate Party has participated in three European elections: in 2014, 2019, and 2024. The Pirate Party formed a common list with the From the Region Party in 2019 and with The Greens in 2024.

Election	List	Lead candidate	Votes	Vote share	Seats	+/–	EP Group
2014	List	Matthijs Pontier	40,216	0.85	0 / 26	New	–
2019	List	Sent Wierda	10,692	0.19	0 / 26	0
2024[b]	List	Matthijs Pontier	23,764	0.38	0 / 31	0

1. No ballot access in the Dutch Caribbean constituency
2. In a joint list with The Greens.

Provincial elections

Election	Province	Votes	Vote share	Seats
2015	North Holland	9,885	1.03%	0

Municipal elections

The party participated at the 2022 Dutch municipal elections. In the municipality of Enkhuizen, the party garnered 380 votes (5.03%), which earned the party a single seat (out of 17) in the Enkhuizen municipal council.^[10] Nationwide, the party gained 3,251 votes (0.05%), with the aforementioned seat being the only one earned (out of a total of 8,237).^[11]

Election	Municipality	Votes	Vote share	Seats
2014	Amsterdam	5,606	1.7%	0
	Amsterdam-Zuid (borough council)	2,187	3.5%	0
	Amsterdam-West (borough council)	1,981	3.6%	1
	Amsterdam-Noord (borough council)	526	1.8%	0
	Binnenmaas	279	2.2%	0
	Groningen	1,188	1.3%	0
	Zwolle	798	1.4%	0
2018	Amsterdam	4,459	1.3%	0
	Utrecht	1,254	0.8%	0
2022	Eindhoven	1,064	1.4%	0
	Enkhuizen	380	5.0%	1
	Middelburg	137	0.6%	0
	Nijmegen	634	0.8%	0
	Utrecht	1,036	0.7%	0

International

Pirate Parties across the world

  Elected in EU Parliament

  Elected nationally

  Elected locally

  Registered for elections

  Registered in some states

  Unregistered but active

  Status unknown

The party is member of Pirate Parties International (PPI).^[12] International cooperation through the PPI is seen as crucial to realising the goals of the party.^[13] The positions of the party are based on the Pirate Party Declaration of Principles.^[14]

Samir Allioui, co-founder of PPNL and party leader during the 2010 elections, was Co-President of Pirate Parties International (PPI) from July 2009 until April 2010.^{[15][failed verification]}

See also

• Category:Pirate Party (Netherlands) politicians

Notes