LONDON, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The far-right British National Party(BNP) on Monday won two seats in the European Parliament for the first time in its history, to the astonishment of the country's mainstream political parties.

    Party leader Nick Griffin won a seat in the northwest England, while Andrew Brons, BNP's candidate in the Yorkshire and Humber region also secured one seat with 10 percent of the vote.

    The BNP is regarded as a "racist" and "fascist" party which propagates against immigration and ethnic minorities in Britain.

    After winning the seats, Griffin hailed it as a "great victory," adding that his party stood up for "indigenous people" who were victims of racial discrimination.

    Labor and Conservative party members regarded it a "sad moment" for British politics. Labor is expected to garner about 15 percent of the vote in the European elections, the lowest for it since the First World War, while the Conservative could get twice as many.

    Observers believe that the result is a "political disaster" for both the Labor and Prime Minister Gordon Brown. It is predicted that a major mutiny could take place on Monday when the Parliamentary Labor Party meet and Brown will have to face fight from both inside his party and outside.