Biyagama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Biyagama in Gampaha District, Western Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts. Biyagama electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1977 Ranil Wickremasinghe United National Party 1977-1989
Elections 1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Ranil WickremasingheUnited National PartyElephant22,04557.51David HapangamaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand15,27639.85Quintus WickremanayakeLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey9172.39Siripala Hettiarachchi Cartwheel610.16Vaithy Perumal Ball360.09Valid Votes38,26099.80Rejected Votes760.20Total Polled38,336100.00Registered Electors44,326Turnout86.49
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