| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
78908 |
78.57% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
20395 |
20.31% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
448 |
0.45% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
189 |
0.19% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
117 |
0.12% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
93 |
0.09% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
71 |
0.07% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
69 |
0.07% |
 |
Wije Dias |
37 |
0.04% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
37 |
0.04% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
28 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
20 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
12 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
100424 |
98.42% |
| Rejected |
1616 |
1.58% |
| Polled |
102040 |
70.41% |
| Electors |
144916 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
59234 |
60.11% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
35416 |
35.94% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1955 |
1.98% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
630 |
0.64% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
424 |
0.43% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
272 |
0.28% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
178 |
0.18% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
137 |
0.14% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
104 |
0.11% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
82 |
0.08% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
53 |
0.05% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
26 |
0.03% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
24 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
98535 |
97.42% |
| Rejected |
2605 |
2.58% |
| Polled |
101140 |
70.24% |
| Electors |
143993 |
|
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