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

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'.