Abbreviations – key to political party codes

The following codes are used to denote parties referred to in the Divisional Profiles. Some of these parties no longer exist.

Abbreviation	Party
ACP	Australian Conservative Party
ALP	Australian Labor Party
ANTI-SOC	Anti-Socialist Party
ASP	Australian Shooters Party
CLP	Northern Territory Country Liberal Party
CP	Australian Country Party
DEM	Australian Democrats
FLP	Federal Labor Party
FSU	Farmers and Settlers Union
FT	Free Trade
FU	Farmers’ Union
IND	Independent
IND LAB	Independent Labor
IND NAT	Independent Nationalist
IND PROT	Independent Protectionist
LANG LAB	Lang Labor Party
LCL	Liberal Country League
LCP	Liberal Country Party
LIB	Liberal Party (pre 1945)
LP	Liberal Party of Australia (formed in 1946)
NAT	Nationalist Party
NAT & FARMERS	Nationalist and Farmers
NCP	National Country Party
NP	National Party of Australia
OTHERS	Other parties, may include Independents
PROT	Protectionist Party
ST CP	State Country Party
UAP	Unite Australia Party
UCP	United Country Party
VFU	Victorian Farmers’ Union
WAP	Western Australia Party

Demographic ratings

All divisions are classified as being in 1 of 4 socio-demographic categories:

Metropolitan (divisions located in capital cities)

• inner - comprised of well established built-up suburbs
• outer - containing areas of more recent suburban expansion

Non-metropolitan (divisions located outside capital cities)

• provincial - divisions with a majority of enrolment in major provincial cities, or in non-metropolitan urban conglomerates
• rural - divisions without a majority of enrolment in major provincial cities

Seat status

Seat Status is based on the two party preferred results of the last election. The two party preferred vote refers to the number of votes received by the Labor and Coalition candidates after a full distribution of preferences. Where a winning party receives less than 56% of the vote, the seat is classified as ‘marginal’, 56-60% is classified as ‘fairly safe’, and more than 60% is considered ‘safe’.