-- Constant data used by Module:Political party  
local alternate = {
["V-Partei3"] = "V-Partei³",
["Vacant"] = "Casual vacancy",
["Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party"] = "Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party",
["Vanua'aku Party"] = "Vanua'aku Pati",
["Vermont Democratic Party"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Vermont Libertarian Party"] = "Libertarian Party (US)",
["Vermont Republican Party"] = "Republican Party (United States)",
["Victory (Greece)"] = "Victory (Greek political party)",
["Viðreisn"] = "Reform Party (Iceland)",
["Vietnamese Nationalist Party"] = "Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng",
["Village Voice"] = "Village Voice (Peasedown)",
["Virginia Democratic Party"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Virginia Republican Party"] = "Republican Party (United States)",
["Vision New Zealand"] = "Vision NZ",
["Vlaams Blok"] = "Vlaams Belang",
["VMRO – Bulgarian National Movement"] = "IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement",
["Völkisch-Social Bloc"] = "German Völkisch Freedom Party",
["Vox (Spanish political party)"] = "Vox (political party)",
["Voz Plural - Gentes de Macau"] = "Plural Voices – Peoples of Macau",
}  
local full = {
["V-Partei³"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#99cc33", shortname = "",},
["Va por México"] = {abbrev = "VM", color = "#785276", shortname = "",},
["Vacant Party (US)"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#FFFFFF", shortname = "",},
["Vakat Coalition"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#00923F", shortname = "Vakat",},
["Valdostan Union"] = {abbrev = "UV", color = "#4A9FD5", shortname = "",},
["Valencia en Comú"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#73136F", shortname = "",},
["València en Comú"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#73136F", shortname = "",},
["Valencian Coalition"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#212021", shortname = "",},
["Valencian Community Alternative"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#63606A", shortname = "",},
["Valencian Country Now"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#F3A24B", shortname = "",},
["Valencian Democrats"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#003297", shortname = "",},
["Valencian Independent Group"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#131C43", shortname = "",},
["Valencian Independent Organization"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#308649", shortname = "",},
["Valencian Nationalist Bloc"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#F76921", shortname = "",},
["Valencian Nationalist Left"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#006699", shortname = "",},
["Valencian Nationalist Option"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#00187B", shortname = "",},
["Valencian People's Initiative"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#C7142C", shortname = "",},
["Valencian People's Union"] = {abbrev = "UPV", color = "#E9D552", shortname = "",},
["Valencian Regional Union"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#0098C8", shortname = "",},
["Valencian Republic–European Valencianist Party"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#0725A1", shortname = "",},
["Valencian Union"] = {abbrev = "UV", color = "#1F4473", shortname = "",},
["Valencian Welfare State"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#3EC2D3", shortname = "",},
["Valents"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#05115B", shortname = "",},
["Valladolid Toma la Palabra"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#5AB6B2", shortname = "",},
["Vallès Alternative Candidacies"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#965A9B", shortname = "",},
["Valor (political party)"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#1898A1", shortname = "Valor",},
["Values"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#06567D", shortname = "",},
["Values Party"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#4BB805", shortname = "Values",},
["Values Union"] = {abbrev = "WU", color = "#0A3C5B", shortname = "Values",},
["Vamos (El Salvador)"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#104d8f", shortname = "",},
["Vamos (Guatemala)"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#34478E", shortname = "Vamos",},
["Vamos con Vos"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#15b587", shortname = "",},
["Vamos Granada"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#613465", shortname = "",},
["Vamos Palencia"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#6667AA", shortname = "",},
["Vamos por Chile"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#0054A0", shortname = "",},
["Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi"] = {abbrev = "VBA", color = "BLUE", shortname = "",},
["Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi"] = {abbrev = "VBA", color = "#0000FF", shortname = "",},
["Vanchit Jamat Party"] = {abbrev = "VAJP", color = "#52360F", shortname = "",},
["Vanguard Party (UK)"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#7f0200", shortname = "Vanguard Party",},
["Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party"] = {abbrev = "", color = "darkorange", shortname = "Vanguard",},
["Vanua'aku Pati"] = {abbrev = "VP", color = "#008400", shortname = "Vanua'aku Pati",},
["Vanuatu Cultural Self-reliance Movement"] = {abbrev = "VCSM", color = "white", shortname = "Cultural Self-reliance",},
["Vanuatu Family First Party"] = {abbrev = "VFFP", color = "", shortname = "Family First",},
["Vanuatu First"] = {abbrev = "VF", color = "#01A75B", shortname = "Vanuatu First",},
["Vanuatu Labour Party"] = {abbrev = "VLP", color = "#CD5C5C", shortname = "Labour",},
["Vanuatu Liberal Democratic Party"] = {abbrev = "VLDP", color = "", shortname = "Liberal Democratic",},
["Vanuatu Liberal Movement"] = {abbrev = "VLM", color = "#00CCFF", shortname = "Liberal Movement",},
["Vanuatu National Party"] = {abbrev = "", color = "", shortname = "National",},
["Vanuatu National Development Party"] = {abbrev = "VNDP", color = "#C71585", shortname = "National&nbsp;Development",},
["Vanuatu Progressive Development Party"] = {abbrev = "VPDP", color = "#FFDB58", shortname = "Progressive&nbsp;Development",},
["Vanuatu Progressive Republican Farmers Party"] = {abbrev = "VPRFP", color = "", shortname = "",},
["Vanuatu Presidential Party"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#A1CD1F", shortname = "Presidential",},
["Vanuatu Republican Party"] = {abbrev = "VRP", color = "purple", shortname = "Republican",},
["Vård för pengarna"] = {abbrev = "VåfP", color = "black", shortname = "",},
["Vectis National Party"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#DDDDDD", shortname = "",},
["Vegan Party"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#7FA52A", shortname = "",},
["Velaquist National Federation"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#00008B", shortname = "",},
["Vemarana"] = {abbrev = "", color = "green", shortname = "",},
["Veneto Autonomous Region Movement"] = {abbrev = "MVRA", color = "gold", shortname = "",},
["Venetian Independence"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#FBDA38", shortname = "",},
["Venezuela Vision Unity"] = {abbrev = "UVV", color = "darkred", shortname = "",},
["Venezuelan Democratic Party"] = {abbrev = "PDV", color = "", shortname = "",},
["Venezuelan Popular Unity"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#800000", shortname = "",},
["Venezuelan Revolutionary Currents"] = {abbrev = "CRV", color = "black", shortname = "",},
["Venstre (Denmark)"] = {abbrev = "V", color = "#01438E", shortname = "Venstre",},
["Venstre Reform Party"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#005392", shortname = "Venstre Reform",},
["Vente Venezuela"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#00BFFF", shortname = "Vente",},
["VERDE"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#37820C", shortname = "",},
["Veritas (political party)"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#663399", shortname = "Veritas",},
["Verjamem"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#734F96", shortname = "",},
["Vermont Progressive Party"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#c64c4b", shortname = "Progressive",},
["Vertiente Artiguista"] = {abbrev = "VA", color = "#FFD700", shortname = "",},
["Vesna – Green Party"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#00A65E", shortname = "Vesna",},
["Veterans and People's Party"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#BF9F62", shortname = "Veterans and People's",},
["Veterans and People′s"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#BF9F62", shortname = "",},
["Veterans Party of America"] = {abbrev = "", color = "Red", shortname = "Veterans",},
["Vetëvendosje"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#CC0033", shortname = "",},
["Veus Progressistes"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#C2D102", shortname = "",},
["VIA, the Way of the People"] = {abbrev = "VIA", color = "#003B5C", shortname = "",},
["Viable Santiago Movement"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#32bb32", shortname = "",},
["Viche"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#004DA0", shortname = "",},
["Vichy"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#A52A2A", shortname = "",},