Template:Infobox legislature

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Infobox to be used in articles about a legislature as a whole, or any chamber found within a unicameral, bicameral, tricameral or tetracameral assembly.

Usage

This is a template meant to be used in articles referring to legislatures (national, sub-national, federal, local, unicameral, bicameral, each of the chambers (if bicameral) or the whole body) that exist (currently function) or that don't exist (defunct legislative, disbanded ones).

Syntax

name native_name transcription_name
legislature
[[File:coa_pic|coa_res|alt=coa_alt|upright]] coa_caption
[[File:logo_pic|logo_res|alt=logo_alt|upright]] logo_caption
Type
Type	house_type of the [[body]] of [[jurisdiction]]
Houses	houses
Term limits	term_limits
History
Founded	foundation
Disbanded	disbanded
Preceded by	preceded_by
Succeeded by	succeeded_by
New session started	new_session
Leadership
leader1_type	leader1, party1 since election1
leader2_type	leader2, party2 since election2
leader3_type	leader3, party3 since election3
leader4_type	leader4, party4 since election4
leader5_type	leader5, party5 since election5
leader6_type	leader6, party6 since election6
leader7_type	leader7, party7 since election7
Structure
Seats	seats
[[File:structure1|structure1_res |alt=structure1_alt]]
house1 political groups	political_groups1
[[File:structure2|structure2_res |alt=structure2_alt]]
house2 political groups	political_groups2
house1 committees	committees1
house2 committees	committees2
Joint committees	joint_committees
Length of term	term_length
Authority	authority
Salary	salary
seats1_title	seats1
seats2_title	seats2
seats3_title	seats3
seats4_title	seats4
seats5_title	seats5
seats6_title	seats6
seats7_title	seats7
seats8_title	seats8
Elections
house1 voting system	voting_system1
house2 voting system	voting_system2
house1 first election	first_election1
house2 first election	first_election2
First general election	first_election3
house1 last election	last_election1
house2 last election	last_election2
Last general election	last_election3
house1 next election	next_election1
house2 next election	next_election2
Next general election	next_election3
Redistricting	redistricting
Motto
motto
Meeting place
[[File:session_room|session_res |alt=session_alt]]
meeting_place
[[File:session_room2|session_res2 |alt=session_alt2]]
meeting_place2
Website
website
Constitution
constitution
Footnotes
footnotes

{{Infobox legislature
| name               = 
| native_name        = 
| native_name_lang   = 
| transcription_name = 
| legislature        = 
| coa_pic            = 
| coa_res            = 
| coa_alt            = 
| coa_caption        = 
| logo_pic           = 
| logo_res           = 
| logo_alt           = 
| logo_caption       = 
| house_type         = 
| body               = 
| jurisdiction       = 
| houses             = 
| term_limits        = 
| foundation         = <!--{{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}-->
| disbanded          = <!--{{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}}-->
| preceded_by        = 
| succeeded_by       = 
| new_session        = 
| leader1_type       = 
| leader1            = 
| party1             = 
| election1          = 
| leader2_type       = 
| leader2            = 
| party2             = 
| election2          = 
| leader3_type       = 
| leader3            = 
| party3             = 
| election3          = 
| leader4_type       = 
| leader4            = 
| party4             = 
| election4          = 
| leader5_type       = 
| leader5            = 
| party5             = 
| election5          = 
| leader6_type       = 
| leader6            = 
| party6             = 
| election6          = 
| leader7_type       = 
| leader7            = 
| party7             = 
| election7          = 
| seats              = 
| house1             = 
| house2             = 
| structure1         = 
| structure1_res     = 
| structure1_alt     = 
| structure2         = 
| structure2_res     = 
| structure2_alt     = 
| political_groups1  = 
| political_groups2  = 
| committees1        = 
| committees2        = 
| joint_committees   = 
| term_length        = 
| authority          = 
| salary             = 
| seats1_title       = 
| seats1             = 
| seats2_title       = 
| seats2             = 
| seats3_title       = 
| seats3             = 
| seats4_title       = 
| seats4             = 
| seats5_title       = 
| seats5             = 
| seats6_title       = 
| seats6             = 
| seats7_title       = 
| seats7             = 
| seats8_title       = 
| seats8             = 
| voting_system1     = 
| voting_system2     = 
| first_election1    = 
| first_election2    = 
| first_election3    = 
| last_election1     = 
| last_election2     = 
| last_election3     = 
| next_election1     = 
| next_election2     = 
| next_election3     = 
| redistricting      = 
| motto              = 
| session_room       = 
| session_res        = 
| session_alt        = 
| meeting_place      = 
| session_room2      = 
| session_res2       = 
| session_alt2       = 
| meeting_place2     = 
| website            = <!--{{URL|www.example.com}}-->
| constitution       =
| footnotes          = 
}}

Parameter descriptions

The parameters are:

• name – the name of the Parliament/House (e.g. House of Commons (UK); Parliament of Romania)
• native_name – the name of the Parliament/House in the native language; use {{Plainlist}} for more than one native language (e.g. Parlamentul of României).
• native_name_lang – the language of the native name; use ISO 639-2 code, e.g. "fr" for French; if there is more than one native name, in different languages, enter those names using {{Lang}}, instead
• transcription_name – the name of the Parliament/House in transliteration from the native language alphabet (if different than Latin alphabet). Use {{plainlist}} for more than one native language
• legislature – the term of the ongoing session (e.g.: "40th Canadian Parliament"; "10th Legislature (of Las Cortes Generales)")
• coa_pic – image name for coat of arms (Optional)
• coa_res – width in pixels for coa_pic image (Optional); defaults to 170px (about 75% of thumbnail size 220px but will vary if changed in Special:Preferences) due to use of upright in template (see Wikipedia:Extended image syntax § Size)
• coa_alt – alternative text for coa_pic image
• coa_caption – caption text to be display below coa_pic image (Optional)
• logo_pic – image name for logo (Optional)
• logo_res – width in pixels for logo_pic image (Optional); defaults to 170px (about 75% of thumbnail size 220px but will vary if changed in Special:Preferences) due to use of upright in template (see Wikipedia:Extended image syntax § Size)
• logo_alt – alternative text for logo_pic image
• logo_caption – caption text to be displayed below logo_pic image (Optional)
• house_type – For houses, one of upper house, lower house, or unicameral house; for leguslatures as a whole, one of unicameral, bicameral, tricameral, or tetracameral. The template will turn the input into a wikilink
• body – name of large legislative assembly if a chamber
• jurisdiction –
• houses – names of the houses that make up the assembly; if more than one, separate with <br />
• term_limits –
• foundation – date founded; use {{Start date}}
• disbanded – date disbanded; use {{End date}}
• preceded_by – preceding legislature
• succeeded_by – succeeding legislature
• new_session – date of the new session; use {{Start date}}
• leader1_type – title of a chamber leader (speaker, chairman, president, etc.)
• leader1 – leader of the chamber
• party1 – political party of leader
• election1 – date that leader was elected
• leader2_type – idem
• leader2 – idem
• party2 – idem
• election2 – idem
• leader3_type – idem
• leader3 – idem
• party3 – idem
• election4 – idem
• leader4_type – idem
• leader4 – idem
• party4 – idem
• election5 – idem
• leader5_type – idem
• leader5 – idem
• party5 – idem
• election6 – idem
• leader6_type – idem
• leader6 – idem
• party6 – idem
• election6 – idem
• leader7_type – idem
• leader7 – idem
• party7 – idem
• election7 – idem
• seats – the (total) number of seats in the assembly; if more than one, separate with <br />
• house1 – name of the upper/lower house
• house2 – name of the lower/upper house
• structure1 – image name for diagram of the political structure of house1 (Optional)
• structure1_res – width in pixels for structure1 image (Optional); defaults to 120px due to a setting in template
• structure1_alt – alternative text for structure1 image
• structure2 – image name for diagram of the political structure of house2 (Optional)
• structure2_res – width in pixels for structure2 image (Optional); defaults to 120px due to a setting in template
• structure2_alt – alternative text for structure2 image
• political_groups1 – list of the political parties/groups represented in house1
• political_groups2 – list of the political parties/groups represented in house2
• committees1 – list of the committees in house1
• committees2 – list of the committees in house2
• joint_committees – list of the joint committees
• term_length –
• authority –
• salary –
• seats1_title –
• seats1 –
• seats2_title –
• seats2 –
• seats3_title –
• seats3 –
• seats4_title –
• seats4 –
• seats5_title –
• seats5 –
• seats6_title –
• seats6 –
• seats7_title –
• seats7 –
• seats8_title –
• seats8 –
• voting_system1 – the voting system used for the house1
• voting_system2 – the voting system used for the house2
• first_election1 – the first election date for the house1
• first_election2 – the first election date for the house2
• first_election3 – the first general election date
• last_election1 – the last election date for the house1
• last_election2 – the last election date for the house2
• last_election3 – the last general election date
• next_election1 – the next election date for house1
• next_election2 – the next election date for house2
• next_election3 – the next general election date
• redistricting –
• motto – Motto
• session_room – image of the session room (Optional)
• session_res – width in pixels for session_room image (Optional); defaults to 220px (but will vary if thumbnail size is changed in Special:Preferences)
• session_alt – alternative text for session_room image
• meeting_place – place where it meets: room, building, or city (e.g. Palatul Parlamentului, Bucureşti); displayed as caption below session_room image
• session_room2 – second image of the session room (Optional)
• session_res2 – width in pixels for session_room2 image (Optional); defaults to 220px (but will vary if thumbnail size is changed in Special:Preferences)
• session_alt2 – alternative text for session_room2 image
• meeting_place2 – second place where it meets: room, building, or city; displayed as caption below session_room2 image
• website – the assembly's/house's official website (Optional); use {{URL}}
• constitution –
• footnotes – any necessary footnotes (Optional)

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