Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1989

9th Sri Lankan parliamentary election

← 1977 15 February 1989 1994 →
All 225 seats to the Parliament of Sri Lanka 113 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	63.60%
First party Second party   Leader Ranasinghe Premadasa Sirimavo Bandaranaike Party United National Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Leader since 1988 1960 Leader's seat n/a Gampaha District Last election 140 Seats, 50.92% 8 Seats, 29.72% 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 Dingiri Banda Wijetunga United National Party Prime Minister-designate Dingiri Banda Wijetunga United National Party

Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
United National Party

Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
United National Party

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.