Biyagama Electoral District

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.[1] 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

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

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:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ranil WickremasingheUnited National PartyElephant22,04557.51
David HapangamaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand15,27639.85
Quintus WickremanayakeLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey9172.39
Siripala HettiarachchiCartwheel610.16
Vaithy PerumalBall360.09
Valid Votes38,26099.80
Rejected Votes760.20
Total Polled38,336100.00
Registered Electors44,326
Turnout86.49
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References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

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