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Template:Infobox legislature

This template uses Lua: Module:Infobox (sandbox) Module:InfoboxImage (sandbox) Module:Check for unknown parameters (sandbox)

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

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).

{{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 -->
}}

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)

Subtemplates

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