1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

← 1977 15 February 1989 1994 →

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 Decrease 15 Increase 59
Popular vote 2,838,005 1,785,369
Percentage 50.71% 31.90%
Swing Decrease 0.21pp Increase 2.18pp

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

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.