| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
25784 |
61.67% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
15644 |
37.42% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
115 |
0.28% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
80 |
0.19% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
60 |
0.14% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
32 |
0.08% |
 |
Wije Dias |
23 |
0.06% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
22 |
0.05% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
18 |
0.04% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
17 |
0.04% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
10 |
0.02% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
3 |
0.01% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
1 |
0.00% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
41809 |
98.93% |
| Rejected |
453 |
1.07% |
| Polled |
42262 |
69.65% |
| Electors |
60678 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
19151 |
50.12% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
17023 |
44.55% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1289 |
3.37% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
275 |
0.72% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
148 |
0.39% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
119 |
0.31% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
57 |
0.15% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
57 |
0.15% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
42 |
0.11% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
23 |
0.06% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
13 |
0.03% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
11 |
0.03% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
5 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
38213 |
97.31% |
| Rejected |
1058 |
2.69% |
| Polled |
39271 |
70.97% |
| Electors |
55338 |
|
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