| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
53681 |
59.37% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
36093 |
39.91% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
173 |
0.19% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
138 |
0.15% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
103 |
0.11% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
52 |
0.06% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
46 |
0.05% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
41 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
35 |
0.04% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
26 |
0.03% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
24 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
8 |
0.01% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
5 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
90425 |
99.00% |
| Rejected |
910 |
1.00% |
| Polled |
91335 |
76.66% |
| Electors |
119137 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
43584 |
56.54% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
27338 |
35.47% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
4168 |
5.41% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
1119 |
1.45% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
340 |
0.44% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
117 |
0.15% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
98 |
0.13% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
82 |
0.11% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
78 |
0.1% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
68 |
0.09% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
33 |
0.04% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
31 |
0.04% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
25 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
77081 |
96.4% |
| Rejected |
2876 |
3.6% |
| Polled |
79957 |
73.61% |
| Electors |
108622 |
|
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