1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
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All 225 seats to the Parliament of Sri Lanka 113 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 63.60% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winners of electoral districts. UNP in green and SLFP in blue. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sri Lanka had not had a parliamentary election since 1977. The elections that should normally have been held by 1983 had been cancelled by the 1982 referendum.
President Ranasinghe Premadasa called the election for February 15.
Results
Summary
Template:Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1989
Province
Electoral District
Elected members
References
- "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
- "Table 39 Parliament Election (1989)". Sri Lanka Statistics. 10 February 2009.
- "Sri Lanka Parliamentary Chamber: Parliament Elections Held in 1989". Inter-Parliamentary Union.
- Rajasingham, K. T. (27 April 2002). "Chapter 37: Talking peace". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Asia Times.