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.

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Summary of the 1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

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]

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