| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
65829 |
57.84% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
47025 |
41.32% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
236 |
0.21% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
207 |
0.18% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
192 |
0.17% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
69 |
0.06% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
59 |
0.05% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
54 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
43 |
0.04% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
42 |
0.04% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
37 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
8 |
0.01% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
4 |
0.00% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
113805 |
98.95% |
| Rejected |
1209 |
1.05% |
| Polled |
115014 |
77.48% |
| Electors |
148435 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
50535 |
55.24% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
32951 |
36.02% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
6170 |
6.74% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
916 |
1% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
338 |
0.37% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
112 |
0.12% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
102 |
0.11% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
101 |
0.11% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
91 |
0.1% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
79 |
0.09% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
34 |
0.04% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
32 |
0.03% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
29 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
91490 |
97.31% |
| Rejected |
2530 |
2.69% |
| Polled |
94020 |
74.55% |
| Electors |
126119 |
|
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