Political party name abbreviations & codes, demographic ratings and seat status

Abbreviations of Political party names used in divisional profiles

Abbreviations used to denote parties referred to in the divisional profiles, some of these parties no longer exist.

Index to abbreviations of Political party names used in the divisional profiles

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
GRN	Australian Greens
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)
LNQ	Liberal National Party of Queensland
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

Index of Political party codes

Index of Political party codes. Parties registered for the 2010 Federal Election are marked with an asterisk '*'.

AEC Code	Party Name
AAP	Advance Australia Party
ABR	Australian Bill of Rights Group
ACS	Abolish Child Support/Family Court Party
AFI	Australians Against Further Immigration
AFLP	Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party *
AFN	Australia First Party (NSW) Incorporated *
AIP	Australia's Indigenous Peoples Party
ALP	Australian Labor Party * (note #1)
ANTI-COM LAB	Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist)
ANTI-SOC	Anti-Socialist Party
AP	Australia Party
ARP	Australian Reform Party
ASP	Shooters and Fishers Party *
ASXP	Australian Sex Party *
AWP	Australian Women's Party
BAP	Building Australia Party *
C PROG	Country Progressive Party
CA	Carers Alliance *
CAL	Communist Alliance *
CCC	Climate Change Coalition
CCE	Conservatives for Climate and Environment Incorporated
CDP	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) *
CEC	Citizens Electoral Council of Australia *
CIR	Pensioner and Citizen Initiated Referendum Alliance
CLA	Curtin Labor Alliance
CLP	Country Liberals (Northern Territory) *
CLR	Country Labor Party *
CNP	Country Nationalist Party
COM	Communist Party
CP	Australian Country Party
CPA	Australian Communist Party
CTA	CTA Child Protection (Elaine Nile) Party
DEM	Australian Democrats *
DLP	Democratic Labor Party (DLP) of Australia *
DSL	Democratic Socialist Electoral League
EC	Emergency Committee
EFF	Independent EFF
FFP	Family First Party *
FLP	Federal Labor Party
FLR	Family Law Reform Party
FPY	The Fishing Party
FST	Australia First Party
FT	Free Trade
GRN	Australian Greens * (note #2)
GRY	Grey Power
GSA	The Green Party South Australia
GWA	The Greens (WA) Inc.
HAN	Pauline Hanson's One Nation
HAR	Tasmanian Independent Senator Brian Harradine Group
HMP	Help End Marijuana Prohibition
HOV	Hear Our Voice
HPA	Hope Party Australia
IND	Independent
IND NAT	Independent Nationalist
IND PROT	Independent Protectionist
LABOR	Australian Labor Party (N.S.W. Branch)
LANG LAB	Lang Labor Party
LCL	Liberal Country League
LDP	Liberal Democratic Party *
LDP	Liberty and Democracy Party
LEF	Lower Excise Fuel and Beer Party
LFF	liberals for forests
LIB	Liberal Party (pre 1945)
LIB DEM	Liberal Democrats
LM	Liberal Movement
LNP	Liberal/National Party (note #3)
LNQ	Liberal National Party of Queensland *
LP	Liberal Party of Australia *
NAN	No Aircraft Noise
NAT	Nationalist Party
NCP	Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting) *
NCP	National Country Party of Australia (WA)
NDP	Nuclear Disarmament Party
NGST	No Goods and Services Tax Party
NL	National Labor
NLP	Natural Law Party
NP	National Party of Australia *
OAP	One Australia Party
ON	One Nation * (note #4)
OPA	One Parliament for Australia
ORP	Outdoor Recreation Party
OTH	Other, including Independents
PLP	Progressive Labour Party
PROT	Protectionist Party
PUA	Pauline's United Australia Party
QF	Queensland First
QLD CP	Country Party (Queensland)
QLD LP	Queensland Liberal Party
RARI	Reclaim Australia: Reduce Immigration
RPA	Republican Party of Australia
SAL	Socialist Alliance *
SEN	The Seniors
SEP	Socialist Equality Party *
SOC CRED	Social Credit Party
SOL	Senator On-line *
SP	Service Party
SPA	Secular Party of Australia *
STATE LAB	State Labor
TCS	The Climate Sceptics *
TFP	Tasmania First Party
TG	Tasmanian Greens
UAP	Unite Australia Party
UNI	Unity – Say No To Hanson
VFU	Victorian Farmers' Union
VGA	The Victorian Green Alliance
VPG	Vallentine Peace Group
WA	Western Australia Party
WWW	What Women Want

Notes on political party codes

1. ALP includes the Australian Labor Party branches from ACT, NT, SA, Qld, Tas., Vic. and WA and the Country Labor Party (CLR)
2. GRN may include the Australian Greens, Illawarra Greens, Queensland Greens, Sydney Greens, Tasmanian Greens, The ACT Greens, The Australian Greens – Victoria, The Greens NSW and The Territory Green Party. Please note also that some Green candidates' results in the following table are counted in the 'OTH' row.
3. These parties stood as joint Senate groups in some states.
4. One Nation includes One Nation, One Nation Western Australia and Pauline Hanson's One Nation.
5. The codes OTH and IND represent abbreviations for other and independents as against a party name.

Demographic ratings

Demographic classification of divisions is based on the following criteria:

• Inner Metropolitan – situated in capital cities and consisting of well-established built-up suburbs.
• Outer Metropolitan – situated in capital cities and containing large areas of recent suburban expansion.
• Provincial – outside capital cities, but with a majority of enrolment in major provincial cities.
• Rural – outside capital cities and without majority of enrolment in major provincial cities.

Seat status (Party 'safeness')

Seat status is generally based on the two-party-preferred results of the last election. However, in seats where Labor and the Coalition were not the final two candidates, the seat status is based on the two-candidate-preferred result (e.g. marginal independent). The two-party-preferred figure refers to the number of votes received by the Labor and Coalition candidates after a full distribution of preferences.

The two-candidate-preferred figure refers to the number of votes received by independent and major party candidates after a full distribution of preferences. Where a winning candidate 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'.