The Social Renewal Party (''Partido de Renovação Social'') is a
political party
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in
Angola
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. The party was founded in 1991. It is mainly based within the
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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. It performed particularly well in
Lunda Sul and
Lunda Norte
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provinces, although it still placed second behind the governing
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in those provinces.
Results for Lunda Norte
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The youth wing of the party is Social Renewal Youth (JURS).
Electoral history
Presidential elections
National Assembly elections
References
External links
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1991 establishments in Angola
Federalist parties
Liberal parties in Angola
Political parties established in 1991
Political parties in Angola
Progressive parties
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