National_Front_(Belgium)

National Front (Belgium)

The National Front (Le Front national) is a small Belgian far-right political party. The party's leader is Daniel Féret.

In the 2003 general election, it won one seat in the Chamber of Representatives, with 2% of the vote. It also has two seats in the Senate. A recent poll showed that it had the backing of about 9.4% of the Wallonian voters Despite this poll it won in the 10 June 2007 general elections, 1 out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 1 out of 40 seats in the Senate.

Brussels Appeals Court conviction

The party leader, Daniel Féret, was sentenced to 240 hours of community service on April 18, 2006, for the incitement of hatred, discrimination and segregation in the party's flyers and website He is also barred from running for political office for 10 years. The webmaster of the National Front site, Georges-Pierre Tonnelier, 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 compete using the party name during the 2006 municipal elections, because the party failed to use the correct electoral procedure. In Brussels, the National Front will compete under its acronym, FN.

Election results (1985-2006)

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
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

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

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