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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 [[Chambers of parliament|chamber]] found within a [[unicameralism|unicameral]], [[bicameralism|bicameral]], [[tricameralism|tricameral]] or [[tetracameralism|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===
{{Generic template demo |_display=italics
 |name |native_name |native_name_lang |transcription_name |legislature |coa_pic=''<nowiki>coa_pic</nowiki>'' |coa_res |coa_alt |coa_caption |logo_pic=''<nowiki>logo_pic</nowiki>'' |logo_res |logo_alt |logo_caption |house_type=''<nowiki>house_type</nowiki>'' |body=''<nowiki>body</nowiki>'' |jurisdiction=''<nowiki>jurisdiction</nowiki>'' |houses |term_limits |foundation |disbanded |preceded_by |succeeded_by |new_session |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 |leader7_type |leader7 |party7 |election7 |seats |house1 |house2 |structure1=''<nowiki>structure1</nowiki>'' |structure1_res=''structure1_res''<br /> |structure1_alt |structure2=''<nowiki>structure2</nowiki>'' |structure2_res=''structure2_res''<br /> |structure2_alt |political_groups1 |political_groups2 |committees1 |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 |seats8 |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=''<nowiki>session_room</nowiki>'' |session_res=''session_res''<br /> |session_alt |meeting_place |session_room2=''<nowiki>session_room2</nowiki>'' |session_res2=''session_res2''<br /> |session_alt2 |meeting_place2 |website |constitution |footnotes
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{{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         = 
| body               = 
| jurisdiction       = 
| houses             = 
| term_limits        = 
| foundation         = <!--{{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}-->
| disbanded          = <!--{{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}}-->
| preceded_by        = 
| succeeded_by       = 
| new_session        = 
| 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          = 
| leader7_type       = 
| leader7            = 
| party7             = 
| election7          = 
| seats              = 
| house1             = 
| house2             = 
| structure1         = 
| structure1_res     = 
| structure1_alt     = 
| structure2         = 
| structure2_res     = 
| structure2_alt     = 
| political_groups1  = 
| political_groups2  = 
| committees1        = 
| 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       = 
| seats8             = 
| 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     = 
| website            = <!--{{URL|www.example.com}}-->
| constitution       =
| footnotes          = 
}}
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=== 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 {{tl|Plainlist}} for more than one native language (e.g. Parlamentul of României).
* '''native_name_lang''' – the language of the native name; use [[List of ISO 639-2 codes|ISO 639-2 code]], e.g. "fr" for French; if there is more than one native name, in different languages, enter those names using {{tl|Lang}}, instead
* '''transcription_name''' – the name of the Parliament/House in transliteration from the native language alphabet (if different than Latin alphabet). Use {{Tld|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 {{section link|Wikipedia:Extended image syntax|Size}})
* '''coa_alt''' – [[WP: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 {{section link|Wikipedia:Extended image syntax|Size}})
* '''logo_alt''' – [[WP: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 <code>upper house</code>, <code>lower house</code>, or <code>unicameral house</code>; for leguslatures as a whole, one of <code>unicameral</code>, <code>bicameral</code>, <code>tricameral</code>, or <code>tetracameral</code>. 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 <nowiki><br /></nowiki>
* '''term_limits''' – 
* '''foundation''' – date founded; use {{tl|Start date}}
* '''disbanded''' – date disbanded; use {{tl|End date}}
* '''preceded_by''' – preceding legislature
* '''succeeded_by''' – succeeding legislature
* '''new_session''' – date of the new session; use {{Tl|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 <nowiki><br /></nowiki>
* '''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''' – [[WP: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''' – [[WP: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''' – [[WP: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''' – [[WP:ALT|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 {{tl|URL}}
* '''constitution''' – 
* '''footnotes''' – any necessary footnotes (Optional)

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