15 February 1989 1994 → 1988 1960 140 Seats, 50.92% 8 Seats, 29.72% Start date February 15, 1989 | Turnout 63.60% n/a Gampaha District 125 67 | |
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Winner Dingiri Banda Wi | ||
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.
References
Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1989 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA