Winners of polling divisions. Premadasa in green, Bandaranaike in blue and Abeygunasekera in red.
President before election
J. R. Jayewardene
UNP
Elected President
Ranasinghe Premadasa
UNP
Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 19 December 1988. Nominations were accepted on 10 November 1988. Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa of the governing United National Party was elected, receiving 50.4% of all votes cast. Voter turnout was only 55.32%, substantially lower than the previous election and the lowest turnout for a Sri Lankan presidential election.
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