1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

9th Sri Lankan parliamentary election

15 February 1989
All 225 seats to the Parliament of Sri Lanka 113 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	63.60%
First party Second party   Leader Ranasinghe Premadasa Sirimavo Bandaranaike Party UNP SLFP Leader since 1988 1960 Leader's seat n/a Gampaha District Last election 140 Seats, 50.92% 8 Seats, 29.72% Seats won 125 67 Seat change 15 59 Popular vote 2,837,961 1,780,599 Percentage 50.7% 31.8%
Winners of electoral districts. UNP in green and SLFP in blue.
Prime Minister before election Dingiri Banda Wijetunga UNP Prime Minister-designate Dingiri Banda Wijetunga UNP

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

Province

Further information: Results of the 1989 Sri Lankan general election by province

Electoral District

Further information: Results of the 1989 Sri Lankan general election by electoral district

Elected members

Further information: 9th Sri Lankan Parliament

References

• "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• "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.