Social Renewal Party (Angola)
The Partido de Renovação Social (Party of Social Renewal ) is a political party founded in 1991 in Angola. It has its main base not in a social population, but finds the greatest support from the ethnicity of Chokwé. In the parliamentary elections in 1992 the party won 2.27% of the vote and six seats in the National Assembly of Angola. 1999, there was intra-party conflicts that led to the expulsion from the party of 4 of its 8 MPs. In the next, only 16 years later held parliamentary elections, the elections to the National Assembly of Angola 2008, she nevertheless rose to 3.17% and thus won 8 seats. In the provinces of Lunda Sul populated of Chokwe and Lunda Norte, it reached about 40 % and about 20 % of the votes cast. Despite the nation's modest numbers of PRS was so with these two first multi-party elections in Angola, the party with the third- largest number of seats in the National Assembly - after overpowering ruling party MPLA and the main opposition party Unita.
The national elections in 2012, however, brought the fall in favor of the voters, their share of the vote fell to 1.70 %, which was still 3 seats. Also in 3rd place as " Best of the small parties " they had to give to the newly founded CASA -CE. In their strongholds Lunda Sul and Lunda Norte she sagged to just 10 % and over 20% of the vote.
Party chairman since its foundation Dr. Eduardo Kuangana.