Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1989
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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 a 1982 referendum.
President Ranasinghe Premadasa called the election for February 15.
[edit] Results
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Party list | Total | |||
| United National Party | 2,837,961 | 50.7 | 110 | 15 | 125 |
| Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1,780,599 | 31.8 | 58 | 9 | 67 |
| Independent Group | 150,340 | 2.7 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| Tamil United Liberation Front | 188,593 | 3.4 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 202,014 | 3.6 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| United Socialist Alliance | 160,271 | 2.9 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | 95,793 | 1.7 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Others | 180.747 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 5,596,318 | 100.00 | 196 | 29 | 225 |
Source: [1]
| Elections in Sri Lanka |  |
| Parliamentary elections 1947 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 (Mar) | 1960 (July) | 1965 | 1970 | 1977 1989 | 1994 | 2000 | 2001 | 2004 |
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| Presidential elections 1982 | 1988 | 1994 | 1999 | 2005 |
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| Sri Lankan political parties | |
