Social Renewal Party (Angola)

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.

Social Renewal Party
Partido de Renovação Social
PresidentEduardo Kuangana
FoundedNovember 18, 1990
HeadquartersRua nº1, Martires de Kifangondo n. 33 D, Luanda, Angola
Youth wingSocial Renewal Youth
Women's wingSocial Renewal Women's Union
IdeologyFederalism
Progressivism[1]
Political positionCentre-left[2]
SloganPeace, Democracy, Progress
Seats in the National Assembly
2 / 220
Party flag
Website
prsangola.com

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.[3] 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.[4][5]

The youth wing of the party is Social Renewal Youth (JURS).[6]

Electoral history

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Presidential elections

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Election Party candidate Votes % Result
1992 Rui Pereira 9,208 0.23% Lost  N
2012 Eduardo Kuangana 98,233 1.71% Lost  N
2017 Benedito Daniel 92,222 1.35% Lost  N
2022 71,351 1.14% Lost  N

National Assembly elections

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Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
1992 Rui Pereira 89,875 2.27%
6 / 220
New   5th Opposition
2008 Eduardo Kuangana 204,746 3.17%
8 / 220
  2   3rd Opposition
2012 98,233 1.71%
3 / 220
  5   4th Opposition
2017 Benedito Daniel 92,222 1.35%
2 / 220
  1   4th Opposition
2022 71,351 1.14%
2 / 220
  0   3rd Opposition


References

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  1. ^ Terceiro maior partido angolano, PRS quer alargar influência nas eleições gerais - Deutsche Welle
  2. ^ PRS defende participação activa dos cidadãos na governação do país - Agência Angola Press
  3. ^ National Electoral Commission website Archived 2008-04-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese).
  4. ^ Results for Lunda Sul Archived 2008-09-13 at the Wayback Machine, CNE website (in Portuguese).
  5. ^ Results for Lunda Norte, CNE website (in Portuguese).
  6. ^ Augusto Santana (1 January 2006). Political parties and political evolution in Angola. EISA. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-920095-53-6.
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