Results of the 1989 Sri Lankan general election by electoral district

Results of the 1989 Sri Lankan general election by electoral district.

Number of votes

Electoral District	Province	UNP	SLFP	EROS^1	SLMC	ENDLF EPRLF TELO TULF	USA	MEP	ULPP	DPLF	ACTC	Ind	Valid Votes	Rejected Votes	Total Polled	Registered Electors	Turnout %
Ampara	NE	62,600	45,400		61,325	43,424	965						213,714	10,727	224,441	265,768	84.45%
Anuradhapura	NC	92,726	64,010				1,724	531	1,397			4,057	164,445	14,245	178,690	334,073	53.49%
Badulla	UV	135,089	81,011				5,712	1,693	5,589				229,094	19,704	248,798	329,321	75.55%
Batticaloa	NE	11,317	4,130	46,419	36,867	55,131						1,497	155,361	13,923	169,284	216,574	78.16%
Colombo	WE	374,530	205,053		29,308		31,873	76,966	7,112				724,842	35,271	760,113	1,087,891	69.87%
Galle	SO	183,962	152,096		4,014		18,160	2,676	4,097				365,005	23,536	388,541	571,146	68.03%
Gampaha	WE	385,733	294,490				21,665		10,549				712,437	32,497	744,934	969,658	76.82%
Hambantota	SO	31,639	22,459		143		1,686	648					56,575	4,339	60,914	295,120	20.64%
Jaffna	NE	5,460		150,340	8,439	60,013				7,993	7,610		239,855	25,203	265,058	592,210	44.76%
Kalutara	WE	160,069	131,510		12,971		12,342	2,690	1,611				321,193	20,139	341,332	570,193	59.86%
Kandy	CE	204,973	105,977		14,697		5,147		1,315				332,109	22,374	354,483	628,317	56.42%
Kegalle	SA	174,334	80,668				15,168	1,028	14,056				285,254	18,362	303,616	437,131	69.46%
Kurunegala	NW	314,724	195,526				11,059	2,848	13,759				537,916	34,212	572,128	784,991	72.88%
Matale	CE	88,869	45,717				2,344		2,350				139,280	11,927	151,207	214,938	70.35%
Matara	SO	45,734	28,752				4,225	1,313	1,481				81,505	5,128	86,633	451,926	19.17%
Monaragala	UV	46,313	38,640		450		2,149	451				349	88,352	12,317	100,669	161,927	62.17%
Nuwara Eliya	CE	109,853	47,128		1,720		4,214			10,509			173,424	13,600	187,024	229,519	81.49%
Polonnaruwa	NC	43,473	23,221				1,117		1,933				69,744	5,266	75,010	163,745	45.81%
Puttalam	NW	139,309	71,687		6,253		3,398		1,137			691	222,475	13,205	235,680	318,755	73.94%
Ratnapura	SA	196,323	123,360				17,323		1,337			779	339,122	20,248	359,370	457,224	78.60%
Trincomalee	NE	22,450	22,966	25,239	17,884	12,755		284					101,578	4,878	106,456	152,289	69.90%
Vanni	NE	8,525	1,568	7,879	7,945	17,271							43,188	4,462	47,650	141,448	33.69%
Total		2,838,005	1,785,369	229,877	202,016	188,594	160,271	91,128	67,723	18,502	7,610	7,373	5,596,468	365,563	5,962,031	9,374,164	63.60%

1. EROS contested as an independent group in four districts (Batticaloa, Jaffna, Trincomalee and Vanni).

Percentage of votes

Electoral District	Province	UNP	SLFP	EROS^1	SLMC	ENDLF EPRLF TELO TULF	USA	MEP	ULPP	DPLF	ACTC	Ind	Total
Ampara	NE	29.29%	21.24%		28.69%	20.32%	0.45%						100.00%
Anuradhapura	NC	56.39%	38.92%				1.05%	0.32%	0.85%			2.47%	100.00%
Badulla	UV	58.97%	35.36%				2.49%	0.74%	2.44%				100.00%
Batticaloa	NE	7.28%	2.66%	29.88%	23.73%	35.49%						0.96%	100.00%
Colombo	WE	51.67%	28.29%		4.04%		4.40%	10.62%	0.98%				100.00%
Galle	SO	50.40%	41.67%		1.10%		4.98%	0.73%	1.12%				100.00%
Gampaha	WE	54.14%	41.34%				3.04%		1.48%				100.00%
Hambantota	SO	55.92%	39.70%		0.25%		2.98%	1.15%					100.00%
Jaffna	NE	2.28%		62.68%	3.52%	25.02%				3.33%	3.17%		100.00%
Kalutara	WE	49.84%	40.94%		4.04%		3.84%	0.84%	0.50%				100.00%
Kandy	CE	61.72%	31.91%		4.43%		1.55%		0.40%				100.00%
Kegalle	SA	61.12%	28.28%				5.32%	0.36%	4.93%				100.00%
Kurunegala	NW	58.51%	36.35%				2.06%	0.53%	2.56%				100.00%
Matale	CE	63.81%	32.82%				1.68%		1.69%				100.00%
Matara	SO	56.11%	35.28%				5.18%	1.61%	1.82%				100.00%
Monaragala	UV	52.42%	43.73%		0.51%		2.43%	0.51%				0.40%	100.00%
Nuwara Eliya	CE	63.34%	27.18%		0.99%		2.43%			6.06%			100.00%
Polonnaruwa	NC	62.33%	33.29%				1.60%		2.77%				100.00%
Puttalam	NW	62.62%	32.22%		2.81%		1.53%		0.51%			0.31%	100.00%
Ratnapura	SA	57.89%	36.38%				5.11%		0.39%			0.23%	100.00%
Trincomalee	NE	22.10%	22.61%	24.85%	17.61%	12.56%		0.28%					100.00%
Vanni	NE	19.74%	3.63%	18.24%	18.40%	39.99%							100.00%
Total		50.71%	31.90%	4.11%	3.61%	3.37%	2.86%	1.63%	1.21%	0.33%	0.14%	0.13%	100.00%

1. EROS contested as an independent group in four districts (Batticaloa, Jaffna, Trincomalee and Vanni).

Seats

Electoral District	Province	UNP	SLFP	EROS^1	SLMC	ENDLF EPRLF TELO TULF	USA	MEP	ULPP	DPLF	ACTC	Ind	Total
Ampara	NE	3	1		1	1	0						6
Anuradhapura	NC	5	3				0	0	0			0	8
Badulla	UV	5	3				0	0	0				8
Batticaloa	NE	0	0	1	1	3						0	5
Colombo	WE	12	6		0		0	2	0				20
Galle	SO	6	5		0		0	0	0				11
Gampaha	WE	10	7				0		0				17
Hambantota	SO	5	2		0		0	0					7
Jaffna	NE	0		8	0	3				0	0		11
Kalutara	WE	6	5		0		0	0	0				11
Kandy	CE	8	4		0		0		0				12
Kegalle	SA	6	2				1	0	0				9
Kurunegala	NW	10	5				0	0	0				15
Matale	CE	4	1				0		0				5
Matara	SO	6	3				0	0	0				9
Monaragala	UV	3	2		0		0	0				0	5
Nuwara Eliya	CE	4	2		0		0			0			6
Polonnaruwa	NC	4	1				0		0				5
Puttalam	NW	5	2		0		0		0			0	7
Ratnapura	SA	6	3				1		0			0	10
Trincomalee	NE	1	1	2	0	0		0					4
Vanni	NE	1	0	1	1	2							5
National List		15	9	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	29
Total		125	67	13	4	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	225

1. EROS contested as an independent group in four districts (Batticaloa, Jaffna, Trincomalee and Vanni).

See also

Results of the 1989 Sri Lankan general election by province

References

• "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.