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Basic information

About parliament

Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.

About parliament
Speaker
Age

Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at the start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature, except when parliament notifies the IPU of a change in the youngest or oldest member.

Contact details

Elections

Election results

Data on parliamentary elections, including the background, candidates, voter turnout, results and the formation of the new legislature. By default the latest election results are displayed. Select a date to view results from previous elections.

Results
Election summar(ies)

For historical elections, data is provided in summary documents in PDF or HTML format.

Electoral system

Rules concerning the right to vote and to stand for election, and details of the electoral system for directly-elected chambers.

Historical data on women

Data on women’s right to vote and to stand for election, the date at which the first woman entered parliament, and female Heads of State or Government

Women's suffrage
Women Heads of State or Government

Parliamentary mandate

Parliamentary mandate

Speaker
Salaries and allowances

Law-making, oversight, budget

Data on parliament’s oversight role and activities

Law-making

Data on parliament’s law-making role and activities

Executive-legislative relations

Oversight

Oversight tools
Impeachment and confidence motions

Budget

Data on parliament’s budget role and activities

Working methods

Structure

Data on parliamentary sessions, parliamentary committees and parliamentary groups.

Parliamentary groups

Openness and transparency

Information about access to parliamentary documents, parliament’s reporting to the public, parliament’s relation to Freedom of Information laws, and lobbying.

Administration

Administration

Parliamentary and State budget

Specialized bodies

Specialized bodies

About
Committee functions

The Committee has the following functions:

Committee involvement in international and national reporting mechanisms

Such as the UN Human Rights Council and its' Universal Periodic Review, the UN CEDAW Committee etc.

Committee powers

The Committee has the power to:

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Group: Basic information > Age > About parliament

Total members per gender (male)

Entity: Chamber

Field Id

[field_id]
Unique identifier for this field

total_male
Field name

[field_name]
Short name for the field

Total members per gender (male)
Label

[label]
Text used to display the field on data entry forms

Short description

[short_description]
Short description of the field

Long description

[description]
Long description of the field

Field properties

Data type

[data_type]
The data type. One of String, Collection, Term, Number etc.

Number
Translated

[is_translated]
The field contains translations

true
Multiple values

[is_multiple]
The field may contain multiple values

false
Cardinality

[cardinality]
The maximum number of allowed values for this field. Set to 0 if there there is no limit. Set to null if is_multiple is set to false.

Mandatory

[is_mandatory]
This field is required, and always present

false
Maximum length

[max_length]
The maximum number of characters in the data value

Default value

[default_value]

Unit

[unit]
The unit of measurement, usually relating to numeric fields

Precision

[decimals_precision]
Number of decimals for non-integer numeric fields. Values are rounded for display purposes.

0
Grouping of values

[binning_config]
For numeric values, the data is grouped or aggregated into bins, or numeric ranges to facilitate comparisons. These ranges are stored as an array of start/end values.

Calculated field

[is_computed]
This field is computed, or calculated, based on the values in other fields.

true

[age_sex_breakdown]

Calculation notes

[calculation_notes]
Notes on the calculation made to determine the data value, usually based on the values in other fields

Historical (timeseries) data

Type

[timeseries_type]
The type of timeseries. This determines the time period the data relates to and how long it will be displayed

unrestricted
Update frequency

[timeseries_update_frequency]
How often the data is usually collected and updated

on_change
Data collected since

[timeseries_from_date]
The year from which data has been collected by Parline

2008
Number of years data is displayed

[timeseries_validity]
Data is displayed for this many years after the last known value was entered

0

Visibility

Parliament pages

[is_parliament_page]
The field is displayed on the Parliament pages

true
Compare page

[is_compare_page]
Field is displayed on the Compare page

false
Searchable

[is_searchable]
Field values are included in text searches

true
Explorer

[is_explorable]
The field is available in the data explorer

true

Explore data for this field

Hide if zero

[hide_if_zero]
The field value is not displayed on the website when the value is numeric and set to zero.

false
Hide if empty

[hide_if_empty]
The field value is not displayed on the website when there is an empty (null) value.

false
Hide if false

[hide_if_false]
The field value is not displayed on the website when the value is false, or set to No.

false
Annotation notes are private

[are_notes_private]

true
Annotation sources are private

[are_sources_private]

true
Annotations (notes and sources) are not time series

[is_fixed_notes]
The same notes appear for all time entries for this field's values. Otherwise, the notes reflect the changes to the value over time.

true
Render notes

[render_rule_description]
Description of the rules used and dependencies on other fields for determining the visibility of the field

Related fields

Calculation dependents

[dependency_of]
Field ids for the fields which are dependent on this field in calculations. When the data of this field changes, these dependent fields are updated