| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
28832 |
62.40% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
16919 |
36.62% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
159 |
0.34% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
102 |
0.22% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
66 |
0.14% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
33 |
0.07% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
24 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
23 |
0.05% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
15 |
0.03% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
13 |
0.03% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
11 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
5 |
0.01% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
4 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
46206 |
98.52% |
| Rejected |
694 |
1.48% |
| Polled |
46900 |
71.35% |
| Electors |
65732 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
22281 |
52.09% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
17777 |
41.56% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1486 |
3.47% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
419 |
0.98% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
410 |
0.96% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
109 |
0.25% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
89 |
0.21% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
61 |
0.14% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
59 |
0.14% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
34 |
0.08% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
19 |
0.04% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
16 |
0.04% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
10 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
42770 |
96.86% |
| Rejected |
1388 |
3.14% |
| Polled |
44158 |
68.58% |
| Electors |
64386 |
|
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