Template:Infobox legislature

*name*

*native_name*

*transcription_name*
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
Sovereign	crown-in-parl
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
First house1 election	first_election1
First house2 election	first_election2
First general election	first_election3
Last house1 election	last_election1
Last house2 election	last_election2
Last general election	last_election3
Next house1 election	next_election1
Next house2 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
	[[File:session_room3\|session_res3; \|alt=session_alt3]]
	meeting_place3
Website
	website
Constitution
	constitution
Rules
	rules
Footnotes
	footnotes

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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

{{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 = 
| houses = 
| chambers = 
| body = 
| jurisdiction = 
| term_limits = 
| foundation = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| disbanded = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| preceded_by = 
| succeeded_by = 
| new_session = 
| affiliations = 
| leader1_type = 
| leader1 = 
| leader1_term = 
| party1 = 
| election1 = 
| leader2_type = 
| leader2 = 
| party2 = 
| election2 = 
| leader2_term =
| leader3_type = 
| leader3 = 
| party3 = 
| election3 = 
| leader3_term = 
| leader4_type = 
| leader4 = 
| party4 = 
| election4 = 
| leader4_term = 
| leader5_type = 
| leader5 = 
| party5 = 
| election5 = 
| leader5_term = 
| leader6_type = 
| leader6 = 
| party6 = 
| election6 = 
| leader6_term = 
| leader7_type = <!-- up to | leader10_type = -->
| leader7 = <!-- up to | leader10 = -->
| party7 = <!-- up to | party10 = -->
| election7 = <!-- up to | election10 = -->
| leader7_term = <!-- up to | leader10_term = -->
| seats = <!-- or | members = -->
| structure1 = 
| structure1_res = 
| structure1_alt = 
| structure2 = 
| structure2_res = 
| structure2_alt = 
| house1 = 
| political_groups1 = 
| committees1 = 
| house2 = 
| political_groups2 = 
| 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 = <!-- up to | seats10_title = -->
| seats8 = <!-- up to | seats10 = -->
| 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 = 
| session_room3 = 
| session_res3 = 
| session_alt3 = 
| meeting_place3 = 
| website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} -->
| constitution = 
| rules = 
| footnotes = 
| module = <!-- Used to embed other templates -->
}}

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 639-1 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 legislatures 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 {{plainlist}}
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}}
affiliations –
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 {{plainlist}}
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 –
rules –
footnotes – any necessary footnotes (Optional)
module - for embedding other templates (see WP:IEmbed)

Microformat

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TemplateData

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TemplateData for Infobox legislature

infobox for legislatures

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers block formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
background_color	`background_color`	no description	Unknown	optional
name	`name`	no description	Line	required
native_name	`native_name`	no description	Line	optional
native_name_lang	`native_name_lang`	no description	Unknown	optional
transcription_name	`transcription_name`	no description	Unknown	optional
legislature	`legislature`	the ongoing session Example 40th Canadian Parliament	Page name	optional
coa_pic	`coa_pic`	no description	Unknown	optional
coa_res	`coa_res`	no description	Unknown	optional
coa_alt	`coa_alt`	no description	Unknown	optional
coa_caption	`coa_caption`	no description	Unknown	optional
logo	`logo`	no description	Unknown	optional
logo_pic	`logo_pic`	no description	Unknown	optional
logo_res	`logo_res`	no description	Unknown	optional
logo_alt	`logo_alt`	no description	Unknown	optional
logo_caption	`logo_caption`	no description	Unknown	optional
labelstyle	`labelstyle`	no description	Unknown	optional
house_type	`house_type`	no description Suggested values `upper house` `lower house` `unicameral house` `unicameral` `bicameral` `tricameral` `tetracameral`	Unknown	optional
houses	`houses`	List of houses in the legislature. Use a line break between houses.	Unknown	optional
crown-in-parl	`crown-in-parl`	For legislatures where the head-of-state is an element of the legislature.	String	optional
term_limits	`term_limits`	no description	Unknown	optional
body	`body`	no description	Unknown	optional
jurisdiction	`jurisdiction`	no description	Unknown	optional
chambers	`chambers`	no description	Unknown	optional
foundation	`foundation`	no description	Unknown	optional
disbanded	`disbanded`	no description	Unknown	optional
preceded_by	`preceded_by`	no description	Page name	optional
succeeded_by	`succeeded_by`	no description	Page name	optional
new_session	`new_session`	no description	Unknown	optional
established	`established`	no description	Unknown	optional
Affiliations	`affiliations`	Affiliation of organisation	String	optional
leader1	`leader1`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader2	`leader2`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader3	`leader3`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader4	`leader4`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader5	`leader5`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader6	`leader6`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader7	`leader7`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader8	`leader8`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader1_type	`leader1_type`	no description	Unknown	optional
party1	`party1`	no description	Page name	optional
election1	`election1`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader1_term	`leader1_term`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader2_type	`leader2_type`	no description	Unknown	optional
party2	`party2`	no description	Page name	optional
election2	`election2`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader2_term	`leader2_term`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader3_type	`leader3_type`	no description	Unknown	optional
party3	`party3`	no description	Page name	optional
election3	`election3`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader3_term	`leader3_term`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader4_type	`leader4_type`	no description	Unknown	optional
party4	`party4`	no description	Page name	optional
election4	`election4`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader4_term	`leader4_term`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader5_type	`leader5_type`	no description	Unknown	optional
party5	`party5`	no description	Page name	optional
election5	`election5`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader5_term	`leader5_term`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader6_type	`leader6_type`	no description	Unknown	optional
party6	`party6`	no description	Page name	optional
election6	`election6`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader6_term	`leader6_term`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader7_type	`leader7_type`	no description	Unknown	optional
party7	`party7`	no description	Page name	optional
election7	`election7`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader7_term	`leader7_term`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader8_type	`leader8_type`	no description	Unknown	optional
party8	`party8`	no description	Page name	optional
election8	`election8`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader8_term	`leader8_term`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader9_type	`leader9_type`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader9	`leader9`	no description	Unknown	optional
party9	`party9`	no description	Page name	optional
election9	`election9`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader9_term	`leader9_term`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader10_type	`leader10_type`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader10	`leader10`	no description	Unknown	optional
party10	`party10`	no description	Page name	optional
election10	`election10`	no description	Unknown	optional
leader10_term	`leader10_term`	no description	Unknown	optional
structure1	`structure1`	no description	Unknown	optional
political_groups1	`political_groups1`	no description	Unknown	optional
structure3	`structure3`	no description	Unknown	optional
political_groups3	`political_groups3`	no description	Unknown	optional
committees1	`committees1`	no description	Unknown	optional
committees2	`committees2`	no description	Unknown	optional
joint_committees	`joint_committees`	no description	Unknown	optional
term_length	`term_length`	no description	Unknown	optional
authority	`authority`	no description	Unknown	optional
salary	`salary`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats1	`seats1`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats2	`seats2`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats3	`seats3`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats4	`seats4`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats5	`seats5`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats6	`seats6`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats7	`seats7`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats8	`seats8`	no description	Unknown	optional
members	`members`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats	`seats`	no description	Unknown	optional
structure1_res	`structure1_res`	no description	Unknown	optional
structure1_alt	`structure1_alt`	no description	Unknown	optional
house1	`house1`	no description	Unknown	optional
structure2	`structure2`	no description	Unknown	optional
structure2_res	`structure2_res`	no description	Unknown	optional
structure2_alt	`structure2_alt`	no description	Unknown	optional
house2	`house2`	no description	Unknown	optional
political_groups2	`political_groups2`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats1_title	`seats1_title`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats2_title	`seats2_title`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats3_title	`seats3_title`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats4_title	`seats4_title`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats5_title	`seats5_title`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats6_title	`seats6_title`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats7_title	`seats7_title`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats8_title	`seats8_title`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats9_title	`seats9_title`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats9	`seats9`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats10_title	`seats10_title`	no description	Unknown	optional
seats10	`seats10`	no description	Unknown	optional
voting_system1	`voting_system1`	no description	Unknown	optional
voting_system2	`voting_system2`	no description	Unknown	optional
first_election1	`first_election1`	no description	Unknown	optional
first_election2	`first_election2`	no description	Unknown	optional
first_election3	`first_election3`	no description	Unknown	optional
last_election1	`last_election1`	no description	Unknown	optional
last_election2	`last_election2`	no description	Unknown	optional
last_election3	`last_election3`	no description	Unknown	optional
next_election1	`next_election1`	no description	Unknown	suggested
next_election2	`next_election2`	no description	Unknown	optional
next_election3	`next_election3`	no description	Unknown	optional
redistricting	`redistricting`	no description	Unknown	optional
motto	`motto`	no description	Unknown	optional
session_room	`session_room`	no description	Unknown	optional
meeting_place	`meeting_place`	no description	Unknown	optional
session_res	`session_res`	no description	Unknown	optional
session_alt	`session_alt`	no description	Unknown	optional
session_room2	`session_room2`	no description	Unknown	optional
session_res2	`session_res2`	no description	Unknown	optional
session_alt2	`session_alt2`	no description	Unknown	optional
meeting_place2	`meeting_place2`	no description	Unknown	optional
session_room3	`session_room3`	no description	Unknown	optional
session_res3	`session_res3`	no description	Unknown	optional
session_alt3	`session_alt3`	no description	Unknown	optional
meeting_place3	`meeting_place3`	no description	Unknown	optional
website	`website`	no description	Unknown	optional
constitution	`constitution`	no description	Unknown	optional
rules	`rules`	no description	Unknown	optional
footnotes	`footnotes`	no description	Unknown	optional
text_color	`text_color`	no description	Unknown	optional

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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
Sovereign	crown-in-parl
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
First house1 election	first_election1
First house2 election	first_election2
First general election	first_election3
Last house1 election	last_election1
Last house2 election	last_election2
Last general election	last_election3
Next house1 election	next_election1
Next house2 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
[[File:session_room3\|session_res3 \|alt=session_alt3]]
meeting_place3
Website
website
Constitution
constitution
Rules
rules
Footnotes
footnotes

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