City Guides: Abbreviations

From Electoral Reform

This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends.

For the purposes of this list:

• acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as a series of constituent letters, e.g., ERIS (pronounced airiss) = Electoral Reform International Services.

• initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., STV = Single Transferable Vote
• pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters means that it cannot stand as a true acronym or initialism.

(a) = acronym in the example: ERIS -(a) Electoral Reform International Services

(i) = initialism in the example: STV - (i) Single Transferable Vote

(p) = pseudo-blend in the example: UNIFEM - (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women

(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else.)

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[edit] A

• AV- (i) Alternative Vote
• AMS - (i) Additional Member System

[edit] E

• ERIS -(a) Electoral Reform International Services
• ERS-(i) Electoral Reform Society
• ERSL - (a) Electoral Reform Services Limited

[edit] F

• FPP - (i) First Past the Post
• FPTP - (i) First Past the Post

[edit] M

• MEP - (i) Member of the European Parliament
• MP - (i} Member of Parliament
• MVC - (i) Make Votes Count

• MVCIWS - (i) Make Votes Count in West Sussex

[edit] N

• NFP - (i) No further preferences

[edit] R

• RON - (a) Re-open nominations

[edit] S

• SNTV - (i) Single Non-transferable Vote
• STV-(i) Single Transferable Vote
• SV - (i) Supplementary Vote