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, federated, 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


Parameters
The parameters are:
 * name - the name of the Legislature/House (e.g. Senate of Massachusetts; Belarus Legislature).
 * native_name - the name of the Legislature/House in the native language. Use plainlist for more than one native language (e.g. Савет Рэспублікі).
 * native_name_lang - the language of the native name. Use ISO 639-2 code, e.g. "by" for Belarusian. If there is more than one native name, in different languages, enter those names using lang, instead.
 * transcription_name - the name of the Legislature/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 on-going session (e.g.: "50th Arizona Legislature"; "113th Congress (of the Confederate States)")
 * coa_pic - 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
 * logo - logo (Optional).
 * logo_res - resolution of logo (Optional. Default = 120px - Note: include "px" if selecting this).
 * logo_alt - text representation of the logo
 * 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.
 * foundation - date founded. Use Start date
 * disbanded - date disbanded.
 * 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
 * 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 of the political structure of house1 (optional).
 * structure1_res - resolution of the structure1 image
 * structure1_alt - text representation of structure1 image
 * structure2 - 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.
 * next_election1 - the next election date for house1.
 * next_election2 - the next election date for house2.
 * session_room - image of the session room (Optional).
 * session_res - resolution of session room (Optional. Default = 200px - Note: include "px" if selecting this).
 * session_alt - T|text representation of image of session room
 * meeting_place - the place where it meets: building (room), city (e.g. Belarus State House, Minsk).
 * website - the assembly's/house's official website (Optional); use
 * footnotes - any necessary footnotes (Optional).
 * motto - Motto.