Back انتخابات الرئاسة السريلانكية 1988 Arabic Präsidentschaftswahl in Sri Lanka 1988 German Élection présidentielle srilankaise de 1988 French ශ්රී ලාංකික ජනාධිපතිවරණය, 1988 Singhalese இலங்கை அரசுத் தலைவர் தேர்தல், 1988 Tamil 第2屆斯里蘭卡總統選舉 ZH-YUE
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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 and defeating both the Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidate, former Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, and the Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya candidate, Ossie Abeygunasekera.
The election was held amidst both the Sri Lankan Civil War and the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection. Voter turnout was only 55%, substantially lower than the previous election and the lowest turnout for a Sri Lankan presidential election.