The Social Renewal Party (Partido de Renovação Social) is a political party in Angola. The party was founded in 1991. It is mainly based within the Chokwe ethnic group. In the 1992 elections it won six seats.
In 1999 the party passed through a period of inner strife, in which four MPs were expelled from the party.
The PRS won 3.17% of the vote in the September 2008 parliamentary election, winning eight seats out of 220 seats.National Electoral Commission website . It performed particularly well in Lunda Sul and Lunda Norte provinces, although it still placed second behind the governing Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in those provinces.Results for Lunda Sul , CNE website .Results for Lunda Norte, CNE website .
The youth wing of the party is Social Renewal Youth (JURS).
Electoral history
Presidential elections ElectionParty candidateVotes%Result1992Rui Pereira9,2080.23%Lost 2012Eduardo Kuangana98,2331.71%Lost 2017Benedito Daniel92,2221.35%Lost 202271,3511.14%Lost
National Assembly elections ElectionParty leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Result1992Rui Pereira89,8752.27%New 5th2008Eduardo Kuangana 204,7463.17% 2 3rd201298,2331.71% 5 4th2017Benedito Daniel92,2221.35% 1 4th202271,3511.14% 0 3rd
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