| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
66660 |
60.82% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
42042 |
38.36% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
238 |
0.22% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
192 |
0.18% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
163 |
0.15% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
67 |
0.06% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
59 |
0.05% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
57 |
0.05% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
40 |
0.04% |
 |
Wije Dias |
37 |
0.03% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
33 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
10 |
0.01% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
4 |
0.00% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
109602 |
99.00% |
| Rejected |
1110 |
1.00% |
| Polled |
110712 |
79.03% |
| Electors |
140094 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
51240 |
57.17% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
31302 |
34.93% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
5236 |
5.84% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
940 |
1.05% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
346 |
0.39% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
134 |
0.15% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
105 |
0.12% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
101 |
0.11% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
71 |
0.08% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
70 |
0.08% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
32 |
0.04% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
26 |
0.03% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
20 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
89623 |
96.8% |
| Rejected |
2967 |
3.2% |
| Polled |
92590 |
76% |
| Electors |
121836 |
|
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|
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