The National Democracy (Democrazia Nazionale, DN) party was a spin-off of the Italian Social Movement, after the electoral defeat of 1976. It was born to pursue an agreement with the Christian Democracy, by moving from the neo-fascist ideology of the Italian Social Movement to a post-fascist moderate ideology. The movement became a fully fledged party in February 1977 and ceased to exist in December 1979 after the very poor result of the 1979 election (0.6%). Leadership Secretary: Ernesto De Marzio (1976–1978), Raffaele Delfino (1978–1979), Pietro Cerullo (1979) President: Alfredo Covelli (1977–1979) Electoral results Political parties established in 1977 Political parties disestablished in 1979 Defunct political parties in Italy 1977 establishments in Italy 1979 disestablishments in Italy Conservative parties in Italy Defunct nationalist parties in Italy