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| website = https://democratienationale.be
The National Democracy (, ) is a francophone Belgian far-right Despite this poll it won in the 10 June 2007 federal elections, 1 out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 1 out of 40 seats in the Senate.
Development
The DN was established by Daniel Féret, a former member of Jeune Europe who subsequently was active with the populist . The party clashed with the Party of New Forces (PFN) from its foundation as Féret sought to distance his group from the far-right but despite his efforts a number of extremist activists soon joined the DN. The election caused a furore in Belgium and the other parties declared a Cordon sanitaire around the party.
Despite these successes the DN was in a state of turmoil due to personality clashes and internal ideological differences, precipitating a long court case between two factions, both claiming use of the FN name. With most of their elected representatives leaving the party, the FN appeared moribund until in 1997 Agir, a far-right party with support in Liège, merged into them following internal difficulties of their own. With the influx of new members they were able to regroup for the 1999 elections, gaining a new member of the Senate and three members of the regional parliament. He is also barred from running for political office for 10 years. The webmaster of the National Front site was also convicted, and barred for 7 years. Their convictions were upheld by a superior court in October 2006.
2006 elections
In Wallonia, members of the National Front could not run using the party name during the 2006 municipal elections, because the party failed to use the correct electoral procedure. In Brussels, the National Front ran under its acronym: FN.
Election results (1985–2010)
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Belgian Chamber of Representatives
! Election year
! # of total votes
! % of overall vote
! # of seats won
|-
! 1985
| 3,738
| 0.1%
| 0
|-
! 1987
| 7,596
| 0.1%
| 0
|-
! 1991
| 64,992
| 1.1%
| 1
|-
! 1995
| 138,496
| 2.3%
| 2
|-
! 1999
| 90,401
| 1.5%
| 1
|-
! 2003
| 130,012
| 1.98%
| 1
|-
!2007
|131,385
|1.97%
|1
|-
! 2010
|33,591
|0.51%
|0
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Belgian Senate
! Election year
! # of votes
! % of vote
! # of seats won
|-
! 1985
| 4,201
| 0.1%
| 0
|-
! 1987
| 8,186
| 0.6%
| 0
|-
! 1987
| 60,876
| 1.0%
| 0
|-
! 1995
| –
| –
| –
|-
! 1999
| 92,924
| 1.5%
| 0
|-
! 2003
| 147,305
| 2.25%
| 1
|-
!2007
|150,461
|2.27%
|1
|-
!2010
| –
| –
| –
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ European Parliament
! Election year
! # of votes
! % of vote
! # of seats won
|-
! 1994
| 175,732
| 2.9%
| 1
|-
! 1999
| 94,848
| 1.52%
| 0
|-
! 2004
| 181,351
| 2.79%
| 0
|}