National Democracy Democracia Nacional | |
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| Leader | Luis Mateos |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | Peña Francia Street, 13,Valladolid |
| Youth wing | Democracia Nacional Joven |
| Ideology | Spanish nationalism Right-wing populism[1] Hard Euroscepticism Anti-globalism Nouvelle Droite[2] |
| Political position | Far-right |
| National affiliation | ADÑ–Spanish Identity |
| European affiliation | Alliance for Peace and Freedom |
| International affiliation | World National-Conservative Movement (2015) ISL "Paladins" (since 2025) |
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National Democracy (Spanish:Democracia Nacional, DN) is afar-right[3]political party inSpain, founded in 1995. It is modelled on theNational Rally (RN) of France, and grew indirectly out of several defunct parties like the Spanish Circle of Friends of Europe (CEDADE) group andJuntas Españolas. Until 2018, its leader wasManuel Canduela Serrano, a former member ofAcción Radical, a group active in theValencian Community. He was also a vocalist in the so-called "identity" rock group Division 250.[4] The party's current leader is Pedro Chaparro.
In the2004 general election, the party got 15,180 votes throughout Spain, amounting to 0.06% of the total vote. In the2008 general election, it got 12,588 votes, amounting to 0.05% of the vote. That dropped to 0.01% of the vote in the2011 general election, with 1,876 votes.
In2007 the party gained three town councillors: two in Tardajos and one inHerradón de Pinares. InTardajos it governed with thePeople's Party. In the2011 local elections, one town councillor was elected under the DN banner inTardajos. In the2015 local elections, the DN lost the seat in Tardajos but gained a new town councillor inCuenca de Campos, which it lost in 2019.[5]
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The party was formed in January 1995 by members of the far-right groups CEDADE and theJuntas Españolas. CEDADE had been aneo-Nazi group led by the prominentfascist figure andNazi collaboratorLéon Degrelle. The Juntas Españolas had been afar-right party, which attempted to copy the image and strategy of theFrench National Front.[6]
The party's first president was Juan Enrique Peligro Robledo. Later, Manuel Canduela, a founding member of theneo-Nazi musical group Division 250, became président in 2004. He had previously directed the party's youth wing, the Democracia Nacional Joven.
In July 2013, the ND joined forces withLa Falange,Alianza Nacional,Nudo Patriota Español and theSpanish Catholic Movement in the La España en Marcha initiative; that year, on Catalonia's national day, members of those parties staged altercations at the Blanquerna Cultural Center ofCatalonia to protestCatalan independence.[7]
The party was a founding member of the far-rightEuropean political party, theAlliance for Peace and Freedom, which was founded in 2015 with other members includingForza Nuova and theNational Democratic Party of Germany.
In 2019, National Democracy formed an electoral coalition,ADÑ Identidad Española, withFE-JONS,Spanish Alternative andLa Falange to contend in the2019 European Parliament election in Spain.[8]
The party has been described by Spanish political observers asfar-right,[9] adopting many of the features of theNouvelle Droite movement.[10] The party espousesanti-immigrant rhetoric andxenophobia directed towards non-Spanish citizens. In territorial politics, it defends theunity of Spain, is staunchlynationalist and opposesCatalan independence.[11] The party iseurosceptic and supports the dissolution of theEuropean Union.[citation needed]
| Election | Leader | Congress of Deputies | Senate | Rank | Government | |||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Seats won | +/− | Seats won | +/− | ||||
| 2000 | Manuel Canduela Serrano | 9,562 | 0.04% |  | 0 / 470 | ±0 | — | — | #33 | No seats |
| 2004 | 15,180 | 0.06% | | 0 / 470 | ±0 | — | — | #27 | No seats | |
| 2008 | 12,836 | 0.05% |  0.01 | 0 / 472 | 0 | — | — | #29 | No seats | |
| 2011 | 1,867 | 0.01% | 0.4 | 0 / 473 | 0 | — | — | #38 | No seats | |
| 2015 | 1,704 | 0.01% | — | 0 / 350 | 0 | 0 / 207 | 0 | #35 | No seats | |
| Election year | # of total votes | % of overall vote | Rank | # of seats won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999[12][13] | 8,053 | 0.04% | 31 | 0 / 12 |
| 2004[14][15] | 6,314 | 0.04% | 17 | 0 / 12 |
| 2009[16][17] | 9,950 | 0.06% | 20 | 0 / 12 |
| 2014[18][19] | 13,079 | 0.08% | 27 | 0 / 12 |
| 2019[20] | WithinADÑ – Spanish Identity. | 0 / 54 | ||
