-- Constant data used by Module:Political party  
local alternate = {
["Direct Democracy New Zealand"] = "Direct Democracy Party of New Zealand",
["DAB"] = "Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong",
["DABHK"] = "Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong",
["Delaware Democratic Party"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Demócrata Party"] = "Democrata Party",
["Democratic Agrarian Party of Moldova"] = "Agrarian Party of Moldova",
["Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong"] = "Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong",
["Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party"] = "CDS – People's Party",
["Democratic and Social Centre – People´s Party"] = "CDS – People's Party", -- acute accent difference
["Democratic Awakening"] = "Democratic Beginning",
["Democratic Center Party of Latvia"] = "Democratic Party \"Saimnieks\"",
["Democratic Centre Union (Greece)"] = "Centre Union",
["Democratic Coalition"] = "Democratic Coalition (Hungary)",
["Democratic Front (France)"] = "Democratic Movement (France)",
["Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland"] = "Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea",
["Democratic Front of the Francophones"] = "DéFI",
["Democratic Group"] = "Democratic Party (Luxembourg)",
["Democratic Group (Luxembourg)"] = "Democratic Party (Luxembourg)",
["Democratic Labour Party (UK)"] = "Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998)",
["Democratic Labour Party"] = "Lincoln Democratic Labour Association",
["Democratic Liberal Party (Italy)"] = "Italian Democratic Liberal Party",
["Democratic Modernist Pole"] = "Ettajdid Movement",
["Democratic National Alliance"] = "Democratic National Alliance (Sri Lanka)",
["Democratic Obedience Party"] = "Democratic Conviction",
["Democratic Party - demokraci.pl"] = "Democratic Party – demokraci.pl",
["Democratic Party (Burma)"] = "Democratic Party (Myanmar)",
["Democratic Party (Japan)"] = "Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)",
["Democratic Party (Slovakia)"] = "Democratic Party (Slovakia, 1989)",
["Democratic Party (Turkey, historical)"] = "Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–1961)",
["Democratic Party (US)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Alabama)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Alaska)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Arizona)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Arkansas)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (California)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Colorado)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Connecticut)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Delaware)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Georgia, US)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Guam)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Hawaii)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Idaho)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Illinois)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Iowa)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Maryland)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Massachusetts)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Michigan)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Minnesota)"] = "Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party",
["Democratic Party (Missouri)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Nevada)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (New Mexico)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (New York)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (North Dakota)"] = "North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party",
["Democratic Party (Northern Mariana Islands)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Pennsylvania)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Rhode Island)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Turkey, current)"] = "Democrat Party (Turkey, current)",
["Democratic Party (Utah)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Vermont)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Virginia)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Washington State)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (Washington)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party (West Virginia)"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party of Arkansas"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party of Connecticut"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally"] = "Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally",
["Democratic Party of Georgia"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party of Guam"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party of Hawaii"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party of Illinois"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party of Japan (1996)"] = "Democratic Party (Japan, 1996)",
["Democratic Party of Japan"] = "Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)",
["Democratic Party of Minnesota"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party of New Mexico"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party of Oregon"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party of Virginia"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Party of Wisconsin"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["Democratic Patriots' Movement"] = "Democratic Patriots' Unified Party",
["Democratic People's Liberation Front"] = "People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam",
["Democratic Popular Party (Spain)"] = "People's Democratic Party (Spain)",
["Democratic Socialist Party (Nepal)"] = "Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal",
["Democratic Turnhalle Alliance"] = "Popular Democratic Movement",
["Democratic Union of the Greek Minority"] = "Omonoia (organization)",
["Democratic Union"] = "Democratic Union (Poland)",
["Democratic Unity Coalition"] = "Unitary Democratic Coalition",
["Democratic Workers' Congress"] = "Democratic People's Front",
["Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (Minnesota)"] = "Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party",
["Democratic-NPL Party"] = "North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party",
["Democratic-Republican Party (United States)"] = "Democratic-Republican Party",
["Democratic-Republican Party (US)"] = "Democratic-Republican Party",
["Democratic-Republican"] = "Democratic-Republican Party",
["Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (Minnesota)"] = "Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party",
["Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party (North Dakota)"] = "North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party",
["Democratic–NPL Party"] = "North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party",
["Democratic–Republican Party (United States)"] = "Democratic-Republican Party",
["Democrats (Norway)"] = "Norway Democrats",
["Democrats and Progressives"] = "Article One (political party)",
["Democrats for Social Credit"] = "New Zealand Democratic Party for Social Credit",
["Democrats in Norway"] = "Norway Democrats",
["Demokraatit"] = "Democrats (Greenland)",
["Denk (Dutch political party)"] = "DENK (political party)",
["Denk (political party)"] = "DENK (political party)",
["DENK"] = "DENK (political party)",
["Deutsche Rechtspartei"] = "German Right Party",
["Dignity and Truth Platform Party"] = "Dignity and Truth Platform",
["Direction – Social Democracy"] = "Direction – Slovak Social Democracy",
["Direction (Slovakia)"] = "Direction – Slovak Social Democracy",
["District of Columbia Democratic State Committee"] = "Democratic Party (United States)",
["District of Columbia Republican Party"] = "Republican Party (United States)",