Biyagama Electoral District
{{short description|Electoral district of Sri Lanka}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/the-system-of-elections-in-sri-lanka/the-electoral-system|title=The Electoral System|publisher=Parliament of Sri Lanka}} 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
{{Party index link|Independent (politician)}} {{Party index link|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}} {{Party index link|United National Party}}
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| colspan="2"|Election | Member | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: {{party color|United National Party}}"|
| 1977 | 1977-1989 |
Elections
=1977 Parliamentary General Election=
Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:{{cite web |url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1977.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |access-date=28 June 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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! align=left width="190"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|% | ||||
| align=left|Ranil Wickremasinghe | align=left|United National Party | align=left|Elephant | align=right|22,045 | align=right|57.51 |
| align=left|David Hapangama | align=left|Sri Lanka Freedom Party | align=left|Hand | align=right|15,276 | align=right|39.85 |
| align=left|Quintus Wickremanayake | align=left|Lanka Sama Samaja Party | align=left|Key | align=right|917 | align=right|2.39 |
| align=left|Siripala Hettiarachchi | align=left|Cartwheel | align=right|61 | align=right|0.16 | |
| align=left|Vaithy Perumal | align=left|Ball | align=right|36 | align=right|0.09 | |
| align=left colspan=3|Valid Votes | align=right|38,260 | align=right|99.80 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes | align=right|76 | align=right|0.20 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled | align=right|38,336 | align=right|100.00 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors | align=right|44,326 | |||
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout | align=right|86.49 |
References
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{{Former Electoral Districts of Sri Lanka}}
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