Results of the 1989 Sri Lankan general election by province

Number of votes[edit]

Province	UNP	SLFP	EROS¹	SLMC	ENDLF EPRLF TELO TULF	USA	MEP	ULPP	DPLF	ACTC	Ind	Valid Votes	Rejected Votes	Total Polled	Registered Electors	Turnout %
Central	403,695	198,822		16,417		11,705		3,665	10,509			644,813	47,901	692,714	1,072,774	64.57%
North Central	136,199	87,231				2,841	531	3,330			4,057	234,189	19,511	253,700	497,818	50.96%
North Eastern	110,352	74,064	229,877	132,460	188,594	965	284		7,993	7,610	1,497	753,696	59,193	812,889	1,368,289	59.41%
North Western	454,033	267,213		6,253		14,457	2,848	14,896			691	760,391	47,417	807,808	1,103,746	73.19%
Sabaragamuwa	370,657	204,028				32,491	1,028	15,393			779	624,376	38,610	662,986	894,355	74.13%
Southern	261,335	203,307		4,157		24,071	4,637	5,578				503,085	33,003	536,088	1,318,192	40.67%
Uva	181,402	119,651		450		7,861	2,144	5,589			349	317,446	32,021	349,467	491,248	71.14%
Western	920,332	631,053		42,279		65,880	79,656	19,272				1,758,472	87,907	1,846,379	2,627,742	70.26%
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).

Province	UNP	SLFP	EROS¹	SLMC	ENDLF EPRLF TELO TULF	USA	MEP	ULPP	DPLF	ACTC	Ind	Total
Central	62.61%	30.83%		2.55%		1.82%		0.57%	1.63%			100.00%
North Central	58.16%	37.25%				1.21%	0.23%	1.42%			1.73%	100.00%
North Eastern	14.64%	9.83%	30.50%	17.57%	25.02%	0.13%	0.04%		1.06%	1.01%	0.20%	100.00%
North Western	59.71%	35.14%		0.82%		1.90%	0.37%	1.96%			0.09%	100.00%
Sabaragamuwa	59.36%	32.68%				5.20%	0.16%	2.47%			0.12%	100.00%
Southern	51.95%	40.41%		0.83%		4.78%	0.92%	1.11%				100.00%
Uva	57.14%	37.69%		0.14%		2.48%	0.68%	1.76%			0.11%	100.00%
Western	52.34%	35.89%		2.40%		3.75%	4.53%	1.10%				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).

Province	UNP	SLFP	EROS¹	SLMC	ENDLF EPRLF TELO TULF	USA	MEP	ULPP	DPLF	ACTC	Ind	Total
Central	16	7		0		0		0	0			23
North Central	9	4				0	0	0			0	13
North Eastern	5	2	12	3	9	0	0		0	0	0	31
North Western	15	7		0		0	0	0			0	22
Sabaragamuwa	12	5				2	0	0			0	19
Southern	17	10		0		0	0	0				27
Uva	8	5		0		0	0	0			0	13
Western	28	18		0		0	2	0				48
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).

"Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04.