Template:Infobox Legislature/doc

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


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 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 )
 * 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 )
 * 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,  , or  ; for legislatures as a whole, one of  ,  ,  , or  . 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


 * 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


 * 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)