| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
20475 |
79.16% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
5104 |
19.73% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
129 |
0.50% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
52 |
0.20% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
37 |
0.14% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
22 |
0.09% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
10 |
0.04% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
10 |
0.04% |
 |
Wije Dias |
10 |
0.04% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
7 |
0.03% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
5 |
0.02% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
3 |
0.01% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
1 |
0.00% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
25865 |
98.48% |
| Rejected |
399 |
1.52% |
| Polled |
26264 |
68.00% |
| Electors |
38621 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
16531 |
65.35% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
7327 |
28.96% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
539 |
2.13% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
406 |
1.6% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
210 |
0.83% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
99 |
0.39% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
92 |
0.36% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
36 |
0.14% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
17 |
0.07% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
15 |
0.06% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
13 |
0.05% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
7 |
0.03% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
6 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
25298 |
96.58% |
| Rejected |
896 |
3.42% |
| Polled |
26194 |
64.03% |
| Electors |
40908 |
|
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