AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund, Inc. Reports First Quarter Earnings
March 28, 2010

AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: AFB), a registered closed-end investment company, today announced earnings for the Fund's first fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2010.

Total net assets of the Fund* on January 31, 2010 were $637,764,379, as compared with $634,382,998 on October 31, 2009 and $577,863,677 on January 31, 2009.  On January 31, 2010, the net asset value per share of common stock was $13.79 based on 28,682,544 shares of common stock outstanding.

    
    
    
                       January 31, 2010   October 31, 2009   January 31, 2009
                       ----------------   ----------------   ----------------
    
    Total Net Assets       $637,764,379       $634,382,998       $577,863,677
    NAV Per Share                $13.79             $13.68             $11.71
    Shares Outstanding       28,682,544         28,669,797         28,656,080
    
    
    

For the period November 1, 2009 through January 31, 2010, total net investment income was $7,816,565, or $0.27 per share of common stock.  The total net realized and unrealized gain was $2,240,722 or $0.08 per share of common stock for the same period.

    
    
    
                            First Quarter     Fourth Quarter     First Quarter
                                    Ended              Ended             Ended
                         January 31, 2010   October 31, 2009  January 31, 2009
                         ----------------   ----------------  ----------------
                                                            
    Total Net Investment
     Income                    $7,816,565         $7,638,833       $7,922,311
    Per Share                       $0.27              $0.27            $0.28
    Total Net Realized/
     Unrealized Gain/
     (Loss)                    $2,240,722        $25,080,411      ($2,576,629)
    Per Share                       $0.08              $0.87           ($0.09)
    
    
    

* Total net assets include assets attributable to both common and preferred shares.

AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund, Inc. is managed by AllianceBernstein L.P.

SOURCE AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund, Inc.

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