List of Pirate Parties

Outside Sweden, pirate parties have been started in over 40 countries,^[1] inspired by the Swedish initiative.

National pirate parties

Country	Name	Domestic registration status	Member of Pirate Parties International[2]	Member of European Pirate Party[3]	Elected
Argentina	Partido Pirata de Argentina[4]	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
Australia	Pirate Party Australia[5]	Officially registered[6]	No[7]	No	No
Australia	Democratic Pirates Australia[8]	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
Austria	Piratenpartei Österreichs[9]	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	Two city councillors[10]
Belarus	Пиратское движение Беларуси[11]	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No
Belgium	Piratenpartij / Parti pirate	No official registration required	Yes	Yes	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Piratska Partija Bosne i Hercegovine	Unclear	Yes	No	No
Brazil	Partido Pirata do Brasil	Active, in the process of registration	Yes	No	No
Bulgaria	Пиратска Партия	Officially registered	Yes	No	No
Canada	Pirate Party of Canada / Parti Pirate du Canada	Officially registered[12]	Yes	No	No
China	中国盗版党	Discussions on forming group[13][14][15]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chile	Partido Pirata de Chile	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
Colombia	Partido Pirata Colombiano	Discussions on forming group[16]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Croatia	Pirate Party Croatia / Piratska Stranka Hrvatske[17]	Officially registered[18]	Yes	Yes	2 communal councilors
Cyprus	Pirate Party Cyprus	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
Czech Republic	Česká pirátská strana	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	39 municipal councilors (1 mayor) 4 regional councilors(Prague) 1 member of Senate (elected in coalition with two other parties)[19][20]
Denmark	Piratpartiet	Officially registered[21]	Yes	No	No
Estonia	Eesti Piraadipartei[22]	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	No
Finland	Piraattipuolue	Officially registered[23]	Yes	Yes	No
France	Parti Pirate[24]	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	2 city/municipal council seats
Germany	Piratenpartei Deutschland[25]	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	45 state parliament seats 199 city/municipal council seats[26]
Greece	Κόμμα Πειρατών Ελλάδας[27]	Officially registered[28]	Yes	Yes	No
Hungary	Magyar Kalózpárt	Under transformation from NGO to an official political party, worked together with Politics Can Be Different (LMP)[29]	No	No	Indirectly (LMP has 16 MPs in the Hungarian Parliament)
Iceland	Best Party	Officially registered[30]	Observer Member[31]	No	No
	Píratar	Officially registered[32]	Yes[31]	Yes	3 parliament seats 1 municipal seat
India	Pirate Party of India	Active but unregistered	No	No	N/A
Ireland	Pirate Party Ireland / Páirtí Foghlaithe na hÉireann	Active but unregistered	Founding member, removed in June 2012[33]	No	No
Israel	Piratim/הפיראטים	Officially registered[34][35]	Yes	No	No
Italy	Partito Pirata Italiano	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	No
Japan	日本海賊党	Officially registered[36]	Yes	Observer	No
Kazakhstan	Пиратская Партия Казахстана / Қазақстан Қарақшылар Партиясы	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No
Latvia	Pirātu Partija[37]	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No
Lebanon	Pirate Party Lebanon - حزب القراصنة لبنان	Active, in the process of registration	No	No	No
Lithuania	Lietuvos Piratų Partija[38]	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
Luxembourg	Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	No
Malaysia	Malaysia Pirate Party	Discussions on forming group[39]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mexico	Partido Pirata Mexicano	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
Montenegro	Piratska Partija Crne Gore	Officially registered	No	No	No
Morocco	Pirate Party of Morocco	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No
Nepal	Pirate Party Nepal	Eligible to register after gathering 10,000 signatures before national election[40]	No	No	No
The Netherlands	Piratenpartij Nederland	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	One city district councillor[41]
New Zealand	Pirate Party of New Zealand	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No
Norway	Pirate Party of Norway	Officially registered[42]	Yes	Yes	No
Peru	Partido Pirata de Perú	Letter of notification that party is forming[43]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Philippines	Philippine Pirate Movement	Officially registered	N/A	N/A	N/A
Poland	Polska Partia Piratów	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	No
Portugal	Partido Pirata Português	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No
Romania	Partidul Pirat România	Active but unregistered	Yes	Yes	No
Russia	Пиратская партия России	Active, registering a political party	Yes	No	No
Serbia	Piratska Partija Srbije[44]	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No
Slovakia	Slovenská pirátska strana[45]	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No
Slovenia	Piratska stranka Slovenije[46][47][48][49][50]	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	No
Spain	Partido Pirata	Officially registered	Yes	N/A	No
Sweden	Piratpartiet	Officially registered	Observer Member	Yes	No
Switzerland	Piratenpartei Schweiz / Parti Pirate Suisse / Partito Pirata Svizzera / Partida da Pirats Svizra	Officially registered	Yes	Yes	One city council seat, one mayor[51]
Taiwan	Pirate Party of Taiwan	Discussions on forming group, government forbid use of 'Pirate Party' name[52]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tunisia	Pirate Party of Tunisia[53]	Officially registered	Yes	No	No
	Tunisian Pirate Party[54]	Officially registered	No	No	No
Turkey	Korsan Partisi	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No
Ukraine	Pirate Party Of Ukraine / Піратська Партія України[55]	Active but unregistered	Yes	No	No
United Kingdom	Pirate Party UK / Plaid Môr-leidr DU	Officially registered	No[56]	No	One Councillor[57]
United States	United States Pirate Party	Registered in eight States	No	No	No
Uruguay	Partido Pirata en Uruguay	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
Venezuela	Partido Pirata de Venezuela	Discussions on forming group[58]	N/A	N/A	N/A

Super-national pirate parties

Country	Name	Status	Member of Pirate Parties International[2]	Elected
EU	European Pirate Party	Active but unregistered[59]	No	One MEP (elected in Germany)

Sub-national and regional pirate parties

Country	Name	Domestic registration status	Member of Pirate Parties International[2]	Member of European Pirate Party[3]	Elected
Australia	Pirate Party ACT[60]	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
Austria	Salzburger Piratenpartei	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPAT	Indirectly through PPAT	No
	Piraten Partei Tirol	Officially registered	Observer Member	Indirectly through PPAT	One city councillor[61]
	Piratenpartei Oberösterreich	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPAT	Indirectly through PPAT	No
	Piratenpartei Steiermark	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPAT	Indirectly through PPAT	One city councillor
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Piratska Partija	Unclear	No	No	No
Germany	Piratenpartei Baden-Württemberg[62]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	5 city/municipal council seats[26]
	Piratenpartei Bayern[63]	Officially registered	Observer Member	Indirectly through PPDE	5 city/municipal council seats[26]
	Piratenpartei Berlin[64]	Officially registered	Observer Member	Indirectly through PPDE	15 state parliament seats[65] 50 city/municipal council seats[26]
	Piratenpartei Brandenburg[66]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	7 city/municipal council seats[26]
	Piratenpartei Bremen[67]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	5 city/municipal council seats[26]
	Piratenpartei Hamburg[68]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	4 city/municipal council seats[26]
	Piratenpartei Hessen[69]	Officially registered	Observer Member	Indirectly through PPDE	33 city/municipal council seats[26]
	Piratenpartei Mecklenburg-Vorpommern[70]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	2 city/municipal council seats[26]
	Piratenpartei Nordrhein-Westfalen	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	20 state parliament seats, 11 city/municipal council seats[26][71]
	Piratenpartei Niedersachsen[72]	Officially registered	Observer Member	Indirectly through PPDE	66 city/municipal council seats[26][73]
	Piratenpartei Rheinland-Pfalz[74]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	1 city/municipal council seats[26]
	Piratenpartei Saarland[75]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	4 state parliament seats[26][76]
	Piratenpartei Sachsen[77]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	3 city/municipal council seats[26]
	Piratenpartei Sachsen-Anhalt[78]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	3 city/municipal council seats[26]
	Piratenpartei Schleswig-Holstein[79]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	6 state parliament seats, 2 city/municipal council seats[80]
	Piratenpartei Thüringen[81]	Officially registered	Indirectly through PPDE	Indirectly through PPDE	2 city/municipal council seats[26]
United States[82]	California Pirate Party	Active but unregistered[83]	No	No	No
	Florida Pirate Party[84]	Officially registered[85]	Observer Member	No	No
	Georgia Pirate Party[86]	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
	Pirate Party of Hawaii[87]	Discussions on forming group	No	No	No
	Michigan Pirate Party[88]	Discussions on forming group	No	No	No
	Maryland Pirate Party	Discussions on forming group[89]	No	No	No
	Massachusetts Pirate Party	Officially registered[90]	No	No	No
	Minnesota Pirate Party	Discussions on forming group[91]	No	No	No
	New York Pirate Party[92]	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
	Oklahoma Pirate Party[93]	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
	Oregon Pirate Party[94]	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
	Washington Pirate Party[95]	Active but unregistered	No	No	No
	Wisconsin Pirate Party[96]	Active and registered	No	No	No
Spain	Pirates de Catalunya	Officially registered	Yes[97]	Yes	Two municipal councilors
	Piratas de Galicia	Officially registered[98]	Applying for observer membership	No	No
	Piratas de La Rioja	Officially registered	Observer Member	No	No
	Piratas de Madrid	Officially registered	No	No	No
	Piratas de Extremadura	Officially registered	No	No	No

Youth wings

Country	Parent party	Name	Domestic registration status	Member of Pirate Parties International[2]	Member of European Pirate Party[3]	Elected
Austria	Pirate Party of Austria	Junge Pirat*innen	Officially registered	No	No	N/A
Belgium	Pirate Party Belgium	Jonge Piraten[99]	No official registration required	No	No	N/A
Czech Republic	Czech Pirate Party	Mladí Piráti	Officially registered, founding in process	No	No	N/A
European Union	European Pirates	Young Pirates of Europe[100]	Officially registered	No	Observer Membership with rights of Ordinary Membership	N/A
Germany	Piratenpartei Deutschland	Young Pirates[101]	Officially registered	Observer Member	No	N/A
New Zealand	Pirate Party of New Zealand	Young Pirates New Zealand	Active but unregistered	No	No	N/A
Sweden	Piratpartiet	Young Pirates Sweden	Officially registered	Observer Member	No	N/A
Iceland	Píratar	Ungir Piratar	Officially registered	N/A	N/A	N/A

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