| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
40744 |
49.67% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
40616 |
49.51% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
178 |
0.22% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
166 |
0.20% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
117 |
0.14% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
47 |
0.06% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
36 |
0.04% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
34 |
0.04% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
27 |
0.03% |
 |
Wije Dias |
24 |
0.03% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
19 |
0.02% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
13 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
7 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
82028 |
98.92% |
| Rejected |
892 |
1.08% |
| Polled |
82920 |
76.97% |
| Electors |
107725 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
36907 |
52.62% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
28681 |
40.9% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
3385 |
4.83% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
468 |
0.67% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
188 |
0.27% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
113 |
0.16% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
107 |
0.15% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
97 |
0.14% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
93 |
0.13% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
42 |
0.06% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
23 |
0.03% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
16 |
0.02% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
13 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
70133 |
97.47% |
| Rejected |
1819 |
2.53% |
| Polled |
71952 |
74.82% |
| Electors |
96164 |
|
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