Template:Infobox legislature/doc

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{{Infobox legislature}} builds a generic infobox for a legislature, chamber, or a specific legislative session.

This Chalo Chatu version includes a patch adding convenience parameters: leaders, session_start, and session_end.

Purpose

Use this infobox on articles about legislative bodies, their chambers, and individual sessions to present key facts in a consistent format.

Quick start (recommended)

{{Infobox legislature
| name           = 5th Session of the 13th National Assembly of Zambia
| legislature    = 13th National Assembly of Zambia
| house_type     = Unicameral
| body           = National Assembly of Zambia
| established    = 2021
| new_session    = 12 September 2025
| meeting_place  = Lusaka, Zambia
| website        = https://www.parliament.gov.zm
| leader1_type   = Speaker
| leader1        = Nelly Mutti
| leader2_type   = First Deputy Speaker
| leader2        = Malungo Chisangano
| leader3_type   = Second Deputy Speaker
| leader3        = Moses Moyo
}}

Quick start (using the patch fields)

{{Infobox legislature
| name           = 5th Session of the 13th National Assembly of Zambia
| legislature    = 13th National Assembly of Zambia
| house_type     = Unicameral
| body           = National Assembly of Zambia
| established    = 2021
| session_start  = 12 September 2025
| session_end    = TBD
| meeting_place  = Lusaka, Zambia
| website        = https://www.parliament.gov.zm
| leaders        = Speaker: Nelly Mutti<br/>First Deputy Speaker: Malungo Chisangano<br/>Second Deputy Speaker: Moses Moyo
}}

Important notes

• Provide plain titles for body and jurisdiction (the template auto-links them in the Type row).
• Dates are displayed as text (no parsing). Use a clear format like 12 September 2025.
• For structured leadership, prefer leaderN_type + leaderN; use leaders only for quick free-form lists.

Parameters

Identity & visuals

• name – Display title (required).
• native_name, native_name_lang, transcription_name – Optional alternates.
• legislature – Parent legislature / term label.
• coa_pic / logo, with *_res, *_alt, *_caption – Images and captions.

Type & composition

• house_type – e.g., Unicameral/Bicameral.
• body – Institution to which the chamber/session belongs (plain title).
• jurisdiction – Country/area (plain title).
• houses or chambers – Text for bicameral layouts.
• term_limits – Narrative text.
• members or seats – Total seats.

History & sessions

• foundation or established – Founding text.
• disbanded – If defunct.
• preceded_by, succeeded_by – Neighbouring bodies.
• new_session – “New session started” date (traditional field).
• session_start – Patched label “Session start”.
• session_end – Patched label “Session end”.

Leadership (two options)

• leaders – Patched convenience block (HTML line breaks).
• Structured slots:
  • leader1_type … leader10_type
  • leader1 … leader10
  • Optional: partyN, electionN (renders “since …”), leaderN_term (free-form).

Structure, groups, committees

• political_groups1, political_groups2
• structure1, structure2 (+ _res)
• committees1, committees2, joint_committees
• Custom rows: seats1…seats10 with seatsX_title

Elections

• voting_system1, voting_system2
• first_election1…first_election3
• last_election1…last_election3
• next_election1…next_election3
• redistricting

Meeting place & links

• session_room (…2/3) + session_res (…2/3)
• meeting_place (…2/3)
• website, constitution, rules, footnotes

Theming

• background_color – Hex (adds top/bottom borders).
• text_color – Optional.
• labelstyle – CSS for label cells.

Dependencies

• Module:InfoboxImage – image handling.
• Template:Longitem – long labels; minimal version:

<includeonly><span style="{{{style|}}}">{{{1|}}}</span></includeonly><noinclude>Helper for long labels.</noinclude>

• Template:Ns0 – mainspace-only category wrapper; minimal version:

<includeonly>{{#ifeq:{{NAMESPACE}}||{{{1|}}}}</includeonly><noinclude>Mainspace-only wrapper.</noinclude>

Migration

• From a free-form list:
  • leaders = Speaker: Name<br/>Deputy: Name
  • → leader1_type = Speaker / leader1 = Name; leader2_type = Deputy / leader2 = Name
• From session date pair:
  • session_start = 12 September 2025; session_end = TBD
  • or use new_session for a single start date.

TemplateData

Infobox for a legislature, chamber, or legislative session. Chalo Chatu version includes convenience fields `leaders`, `session_start`, and `session_end`.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	name	no description	String	required
Legislature	legislature	no description	String	optional
House type	house_type	no description	String	optional
Body (plain title)	body	no description	String	optional
Jurisdiction (plain title)	jurisdiction	no description	String	optional
Established	established	no description	String	optional
Founded	foundation	no description	String	optional
Disbanded	disbanded	no description	String	optional
Preceded by	preceded_by	no description	String	optional
Succeeded by	succeeded_by	no description	String	optional
New session started	new_session	no description	String	optional
Session start (patched)	session_start	no description	String	optional
Session end (patched)	session_end	no description	String	optional
Meeting place	meeting_place	no description	String	optional
Website	website	no description	String	optional
Leaders (patched free-form)	leaders	no description	String	optional
Leader 1 title	leader1_type	no description	String	optional
Leader 1 name	leader1	no description	String	optional
Leader 1 party	party1	no description	String	optional
Leader 1 since	election1	no description	String	optional
Leader 1 term (text)	leader1_term	no description	String	optional
Leader 2 title	leader2_type	no description	String	optional
Leader 2 name	leader2	no description	String	optional
Members	members	no description	String	optional
Seats (alias of members)	seats	no description	String	optional
Political groups (house 1)	political_groups1	no description	String	optional
Composition image (house 1)	structure1	no description	String	optional
Composition image width (house 1)	structure1_res	no description	String	optional
Committees (house 1)	committees1	no description	String	optional
Voting system (house 1)	voting_system1	no description	String	optional
First election (house 1)	first_election1	no description	String	optional
Last election (house 1)	last_election1	no description	String	optional
Next election (house 1)	next_election1	no description	String	optional
Background color	background_color	no description	String	optional
Text color	text_color	no description	String	optional
Label cell style	labelstyle	no description	String	optional