Canada: Pirate Party Nets Over 3000 Votes

From Straight:

The 2011 general election was the first for the Pirate Party of Canada, which only became a registered political party last year . . .  It fielded 10 candidates, including party leader Mikkel Paulson in Edmonton Centre, in the May 2 federal election . . .  With 71,472 of 71,513 polls reporting across the country, Pirates had hooked a total of 3,198 votes . . .