National Democracy (Spain)
National Democracy Democracia Nacional | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Luis Mateos |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | Peña Francia Street, 13, Valladolid |
| Youth wing | Democracia Nacional Joven |
| Ideology | Spanish nationalism Right-wing populism Hard Euroscepticism Anti-globalism Nouvelle Droite |
| Political position | Far-right |
| National affiliation | ADÑ–Spanish Identity |
| European affiliation | Alliance for Peace and Freedom |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| democracianacional | |
National Democracy (Spanish: Democracia Nacional, DN) is a far-right political party in Spain, founded in 1995. It is modelled on the National Rally (RN) of France, and grew indirectly out of several defunct parties like the Spanish Circle of Friends of Europe (CEDADE) group and Juntas Españolas. Until 2018, its leader was Manuel Canduela Serrano, a former member of Acción Radical, a group active in the Valencian Community. He was also a vocalist in the so-called "identity" rock group Division 250. The party's current leader is Pedro Chaparro.
In the 2004 general election, the party got 15,180 votes throughout Spain, amounting to 0.06% of the total vote. In the 2008 general election, it got 12,588 votes, amounting to 0.05% of the vote. That dropped to 0.01% of the vote in the 2011 general election, with 1,876 votes.
In 2007 the party gained three town councillors: two in Tardajos and one in Herradón de Pinares. In Tardajos it governed with the People's Party. In the 2011 local elections, one town councillor was elected under the DN banner in Tardajos. In the 2015 local elections, the DN lost the seat in Tardajos but gained a new town councillor in Cuenca de Campos, which it lost in 2019.