In July 1960 he contested the 5th general parliamentary elections in the Divulapitiya electorate.

Jayakody was selected as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party's representative for Attanagalla, replacing Sirimavo Bandaranaike after she was expelled from parliament and banned from public office for seven years in 1980.

Jayakody retained his seat at the parliamentary elections in 1994 and was appointed Minister of Cultural and Religious Affairs.

[4] Jayakody died at Colombo General Hospital on 30 August 2010, at age 80.

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