| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
10901 |
63.58% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
6143 |
35.83% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
62 |
0.36% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
9 |
0.05% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
8 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
6 |
0.03% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
5 |
0.03% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
5 |
0.03% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
2 |
0.01% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
1 |
0.01% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
1 |
0.01% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
1 |
0.01% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
0 |
0.00% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
17144 |
98.06% |
| Rejected |
340 |
1.94% |
| Polled |
17484 |
0.00% |
| Electors |
0 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
7894 |
49.97% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
6070 |
38.42% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1152 |
7.29% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
397 |
2.51% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
237 |
1.5% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
17 |
0.11% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
11 |
0.07% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
6 |
0.04% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
4 |
0.03% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
4 |
0.03% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
3 |
0.02% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
2 |
0.01% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
1 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
15798 |
93.25% |
| Rejected |
1144 |
6.75% |
| Polled |
16942 |
-
|
| Electors |
0 |
|
| |
|
|
