The Pirate Party Switzerland (german: Piratenpartei Schweiz, french: Parti Pirate Suisse, it, Partito Pirata Svizzera, rm, Partida da Pirats Svizra) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

in Switzerland, based on the model of the Swedish

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. The party was founded on 12 July 2009, in Zürich, by about 150 people. By the end of February 2012, the PPS had around about 1,800 members. The first election success happened on 7 March 2010, when Marc Wäckerlin was elected to the

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria), La ...

city council. Patrick Mächler of the PPS was head member of

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(PPI) from July 2009 to February 2010, the umbrella organisation of the international

movement. On 13 March 2011, the party achieved 0.8% of the votes in a local election in Lausanne. On 3 April, they obtained 0.56% of the vote in a regional election in Zurich. In the federal elections of October 2011, the party failed to win a seat, gathering 0.48% of the popular vote (11,616 votes). On 23 September 2012, PPS member Alex Arnold was elected as part-time mayor of Eichberg.Nordenfur, Anton
Pirate Times: "Alex Arnold Becomes the First Elected Pirate Mayor!"
(2012-09-24)

Change in number of members

*Party was founded. (12 July 2009, 150 people at the foundation) *Federal elections in Germany, speaking press published several articles on the German Pirate Party. (3 October 2009, 500 members) *Prevention campaign on violent video games, flash mob in Bern. (18 March 2010, 750 members) *Wikileaks case, the site under the domain name wikileaks.ch belongs to Swiss Pirate Party. (3 December 2010, 950 members) *Elections in Berlin where the Pirate Party gets 9% of the vote. (16 September 2011, 1,425 members) *Achieved 2000 members. (12 July 2012)

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

2009 establishments in Switzerland Political parties established in 2009