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== Usage ==
Given a country and a political party, this template will give an abbreviation that links to the entry on that party.

==Usage==
<nowiki>{{Polparty|country_name|political_party}}</nowiki>

*''country_name'': Name of country (common name or abbreviation), with or without Wikilinking.
*''political_party'': Name, abbreviation or acronym of political party

===Examples===
#<nowiki>{{Polparty|AU|Labor}} = [[Australian Labor Party|ALP]]</nowiki>
#<nowiki>{{Polparty|Canada|NDP}} = [[New Democratic Party|NDP]]</nowiki>
#<nowiki>{{Polparty|CZ|KDU-CSL}} = [[Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party|KDU-ČSL]]</nowiki>
#<nowiki>{{Polparty|[[Germany]]|FDP}} = [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]</nowiki>
#<nowiki>{{Polparty|USA|D}} = [[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]</nowiki>
#<nowiki>Special case: {{Polparty|Independent}} = [[Independent politician|Ind.]]</nowiki>

===Still under construction===
Most countries are not yet covered.

Do <span style="color:red;">NOT</span> substitute this template at this time, it transludes the entire #switch construction instead of just the link you want.

When adding entries within the template, list countries in alphabetical order. Give wikilinked and non-wikilinked names, as well as any possible abbreviations (e.g. United States, USA). 

Each country contains 2 switch groups: one for acronyms, another for non-acronyms. This second group should always end with the Independent and default options. 

==Countries currently supported==
*Australia (AU)
*Austria (AT)
*Canada (CA)
*Czech Republic (CZ) (acronyms without diacritics)
*Germany (DE)
*The Netherlands (NL)
*Romania (RO)
*Switzerland (CH)
*Turkey (TR)
*United States of America (US)
*South Africa (ZA)

==Infoboxes using this template==
*{{tl|Infobox City}}
*{{tl|Infobox German location}}
*{{tl|Infobox Romanian subdivision}}

== See also ==

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