1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 15 February 1989, the first since 1977. The elections that should normally have been held by 1983 had been cancelled by the 1982 referendum.

1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
15 February 1989
All 225 seats in the Parliament of Sri Lanka
113 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout63.60%
  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 50.92%, 140 seats 29.72%, 8 seats
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

Ranasinghe Premadasa
UNP

 Prime Minister-designate

Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
UNP

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