| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
25004 |
50.84% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
23743 |
48.28% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
121 |
0.25% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
92 |
0.19% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
76 |
0.15% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
36 |
0.07% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
26 |
0.05% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
23 |
0.05% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
22 |
0.04% |
 |
Wije Dias |
17 |
0.03% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
16 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
3 |
0.01% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
2 |
0.00% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
49181 |
98.88% |
| Rejected |
557 |
1.12% |
| Polled |
49738 |
74.87% |
| Electors |
66432 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
22868 |
52.02% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
17572 |
39.97% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
2514 |
5.72% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
485 |
1.1% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
203 |
0.46% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
94 |
0.21% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
60 |
0.14% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
55 |
0.13% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
42 |
0.1% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
36 |
0.08% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
18 |
0.04% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
10 |
0.02% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
7 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
43964 |
96.7% |
| Rejected |
1500 |
3.3% |
| Polled |
45464 |
71.64% |
| Electors |
63466 |
|
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