{"id":544,"date":"1988-09-10T04:59:04","date_gmt":"1988-09-10T00:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ukrupnenie.com\/countries\/s\/sri-lanka\/sri-lanka-presidential-election-1988.html"},"modified":"2007-09-10T05:01:26","modified_gmt":"2007-09-10T01:01:26","slug":"sri-lanka-presidential-election-1988","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electoralgeography.com\/new\/en\/countries\/s\/sri-lanka\/sri-lanka-presidential-election-1988.html","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka. Presidential Election 1988"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"rowstyle-alt\" id=\"wptable\" >\n\t<thead>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<th class=\"sortable-numeric\" style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Provinces<\/th>\n\t\t<th class=\"sortable-numeric\" style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">R. Premadasa<\/th>\n\t\t<th class=\"sortable-numeric\" style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">Sirimavo Bandaranaike<\/th>\n\t\t<th class=\"sortable-numeric\" style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">Oswin Abeygunasekera<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<\/thead>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">(UNP)<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">(SLFP)<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">(SLMP)<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">TOTAL<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">2,569,199<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">2,289,860<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">235,719<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">50.43%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">44.95%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">4.63%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Colombo<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">361,337<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">339,958<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">34,020<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">49.14%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">46.23%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">4.63%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Gampaha<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">350,092<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">355,553<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">22,467<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">48.08%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">48.83%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">3.09%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Kalutara<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">169,510<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">179,761<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">13,375<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">46.74%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">49.57%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">3.69%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Mahanuwara<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">234,124<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">186,187<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">6,266<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">54.88%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">43.65%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">1.47%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Matale<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">37,007<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">25,825<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">1,135<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">57.85%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">40.37%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">1.77%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Nuwara-Eliya<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">112,135<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">64,907<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">3,371<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">62.15%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">35.98%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">1.87%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Galle<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">124,912<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">148,615<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">6,417<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">44.62%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">53.09%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">2.29%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Matara<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">45,399<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">57,424<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">2,922<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">42.93%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">54.30%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">2.76%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Hambantota<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">41,198<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">39,343<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">2,478<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">49.62%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">47.39%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">2.98%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Jaffna<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">33,650<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">44,197<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">42,198<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">28.03%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">36.82%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">35.15%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Vanni<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">10,580<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">4,889<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">3,500<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">55.78%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">25.77%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">18.45%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Batticaloa<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">61,657<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">21,018<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">38,243<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">50.99%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">17.38%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">31.63%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Digamadulla<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">96,420<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">83,137<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">10,352<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">50.77%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">43.78%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">5.45%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Trincomalee<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">36,841<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">29,679<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">14,103<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">45.70%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">36.81%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">17.49%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Kurunegala<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">198,662<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">182,223<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">7,717<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">51.12%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">46.89%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">1.99%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Puttalam<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">125,339<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">94,823<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">4,093<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">55.89%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">42.28%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">1.83%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Anuradhapura<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">56,951<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">73,154<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">2,529<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">42.94%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">55.15%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">1.91%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Polonnaruwa<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">26,392<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">20,173<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">957<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">55.54%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">42.45%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">2.01%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Badulla<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">80,779<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">50,223<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">3,440<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">60.08%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">37.36%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">2.56%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Moneragala<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">16,872<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">9,123<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">697<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">63.21%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">34.18%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">2.61%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Ratnapura<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">180,622<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">159,879<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">8,516<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">51.75%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">45.81%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">2.44%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Kegalle<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">168,720<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">119,769<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">6,923<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">57.11%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">40.54%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">2.34%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"alt\">\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"left\">Sri Lanka<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">2,569,199<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">2,289,860<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">235,719<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" >&nbsp;<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">50.43%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">44.95%<\/td>\n\t\t<td style=\"width:30px\" align=\"center\">4.63%<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/table><p>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Provinces R. Premadasa Sirimavo Bandaranaike Oswin Abeygunasekera &nbsp; (UNP) (SLFP) (SLMP) TOTAL 2,569,199 2,289,860 235,719 &nbsp; 50.43% 44.95% 4.63% Colombo 361,337 339,958 34,020 &nbsp; 49.14% 46.23% 4.63% Gampaha 350,092 355,553 22,467 &nbsp; 48.08% 48.83% 3.09% Kalutara 169,510 179,761 13,375 &nbsp; 46.74% 49.57% 3.69% Mahanuwara 234,124 186,187 6,266 &nbsp; 54.88% 43.65% 1.47% Matale 37,007 25,825 1,135 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electoralgeography.com\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electoralgeography.com\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electoralgeography.com\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electoralgeography.com\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electoralgeography.com\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.electoralgeography.com\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electoralgeography.com\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electoralgeography.com\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electoralgeography.com\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}