Template:Infobox legislature/doc

Infobox to be used in articles about a legislature (see Legislature for a list of likely names for bodies this template could be used in) as a whole, or any chamber found within a unicameral, bicameral, tricameral or tetracameral assembly.

Usage

This is a template met 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). For other uses (defunct legislative, disbanded ones) please use Template:Infobox Legislature Historic.

Syntax

name native_name transcription_name
legislature
Type
Founded	foundation
Type	house_type of ''body''
Houses	houses
Term limits	term_limits
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
Structure
Members	members
house1 Political groups	political_groups1
house2 Political groups	political_groups2
house1 Committees	committees1
house2 committees	committees2
Joint committees	joint_committees
Elections
house1 Voting system	voting_system1
house2 Voting system	voting_system2
house1 Last election	last_election1
house2 Last election	last_election2
Motto
motto
Meeting place
meeting_place
Website
website
Footnotes
footnotes

{{Infobox legislature
 | background_color   = 
 | text_color         = 
 | name               = 
 | native_name        = 
 | native_name_lang   = 
 | transcription_name = 
 | legislature        = 
 | coa_pic            = 
 | coa_res            = 
 | coa_alt            =
 | foundation         = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> 
 | house_type         = 
 | term_limits        = 
 | new_session        = 
 | body               = 
 | houses             = 
 | 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          = 
 | members            = 
 | house1             = 
 | house2             = 
 | structure1         = 
 | structure1_res     = 
 | structure1_alt     = 
 | structure2         = 
 | structure2_res     = 
 | structure2_alt     = 
 | political_groups1  = 
 | political_groups2  = 
 | committees1        = 
 | committees2        = 
 | joint_committees   = 
 | voting_system1     = 
 | voting_system2     = 
 | last_election1     = 
 | last_election2     = 
 | previous_election1 =
 | previous_election2 =
 | session_room       = 
 | session_res        = 
 | session_alt        = 
 | meeting_place      = 
 | website            = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} -->
 | footnotes          = 
 | motto              = 
}}

Parameters

The parameters are:

• background_color - header background color; may we suggest the dominant color of the house; DEFAULT = grey.
• text_color - header text color (to change if necessary); DEFAULT = black.
• 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 on-going sesiion (e.g.: "40^th Canadian Parliament"; "10^th Legislature (of Las COrtes Generales)")
• - coat of arms (Optional).
• coa_res - resolution of coat of arms ((Optional. Default = 120px - Note: include "px" if selecting this).
• coa_alt - text representation of the coat of arms
• foundation - Date founded. Use {{Start date}}
• house_type - bicameral/unicameral for assembly; upper house/lower house for the houses themselves.
• body - name of large legislative assembly if a chamber
• houses - names of the houses that make up the assembly; if more than one, separate with <br>.
• 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
• members - the (total) number of members in the assembly; if more than one, separate with <br>.
• house1 - name of the upper/lower house
• house2 - name of the lower/upper house
• - image of the political structure of house1 (optional).
• structure1_res - resolution of the structure1 image
• structure1_alt - text representation of structure1 image
• - image of the political structure of house2 (optional).
• structure2_res - resolution of the structure2 image
• structure2_alt - text representation of 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 in house2.
• voting_system1 - the voting system used for the house1.
• voting_system2 - the voting system used for the house2.
• last_election1 - the last election date for the house1.
• last_election2 - the last election date for the house2.
• previous_election1 - the election previous to this for house1.
• previous_election2 - the election previous to this for house2.
• - image of the session room (Optional).
• session_res - resolution of session room (Optional. Default = 200px - Note: include "px" if selecting this).
• session_alt - text representation of image of session room
• meeting_place - the place where it meets: building (room), city (e.g. Palatul Parlamentului, Bucureşti).
• website - the assembly's/house's official website (Optional); use {{URL}}.
• footnotes - any necessary footnotes (Optional).
• motto - Motto.