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
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

{{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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Classes used

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• category
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• fn
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• nickname
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• url
• vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes
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TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox legislature in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox legislature

infobox for legislatures

Template parameters

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
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	Content	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
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
crown-in-parl	crown-in-parl	For legislatures where the head-of-state is an element of the legislature.	String	optional

Tracking categories

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