| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
48047 |
52.17% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
43207 |
46.92% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
232 |
0.25% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
192 |
0.21% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
143 |
0.16% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
57 |
0.06% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
52 |
0.06% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
38 |
0.04% |
 |
Wije Dias |
37 |
0.04% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
34 |
0.04% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
33 |
0.04% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
13 |
0.01% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
4 |
0.00% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
92089 |
98.95% |
| Rejected |
975 |
1.05% |
| Polled |
93064 |
80.39% |
| Electors |
115759 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
41380 |
52.16% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
33017 |
41.62% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
3692 |
4.65% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
431 |
0.54% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
288 |
0.36% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
127 |
0.16% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
96 |
0.12% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
76 |
0.1% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
72 |
0.09% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
70 |
0.09% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
38 |
0.05% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
20 |
0.03% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
20 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
79327 |
97.53% |
| Rejected |
2006 |
2.47% |
| Polled |
81333 |
77.11% |
| Electors |
105483 |
|
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