| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
27106 |
49.73% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
26987 |
49.51% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
117 |
0.21% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
88 |
0.16% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
83 |
0.15% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
31 |
0.06% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
20 |
0.04% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
19 |
0.03% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
18 |
0.03% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
17 |
0.03% |
 |
Wije Dias |
11 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
4 |
0.01% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
3 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
54504 |
99.06% |
| Rejected |
516 |
0.94% |
| Polled |
55020 |
75.09% |
| Electors |
73274 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
24782 |
49.93% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
21455 |
43.22% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
2075 |
4.18% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
763 |
1.54% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
231 |
0.47% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
87 |
0.18% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
83 |
0.17% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
47 |
0.09% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
41 |
0.08% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
37 |
0.07% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
15 |
0.03% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
10 |
0.02% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
10 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
49636 |
96.74% |
| Rejected |
1675 |
3.26% |
| Polled |
51311 |
72.86% |
| Electors |
70424 |
|
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