Infobox to be used in articles about a legislature (see Legislature#Lists of titles of legislatures 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) or that don't exist (defunct legislative, disbanded ones).
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.: "40th Canadian Parliament"; "10th Legislature (of Las Cortes Generales)")
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 <br>.
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 <br>.
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.
previous_election1 - the election previous to this for house1.
previous_election2 - the election previous to this 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 - 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.
Microformat
The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat that makes an organization's details readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please visit the Microformat WikiProject.
Subtemplates
Use {{Start date and age}} for the date on which an organisation was "established", "founded", "opened" or otherwise started, unless that date is before 1583 CE.