| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
40984 |
56.03% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
31446 |
42.99% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
200 |
0.27% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
151 |
0.21% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
141 |
0.19% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
47 |
0.06% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
39 |
0.05% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
37 |
0.05% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
37 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
31 |
0.04% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
22 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
8 |
0.01% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
5 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
73148 |
98.82% |
| Rejected |
873 |
1.18% |
| Polled |
74021 |
78.37% |
| Electors |
94455 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
32954 |
49.55% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
30566 |
45.96% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
2127 |
3.2% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
279 |
0.42% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
184 |
0.28% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
83 |
0.12% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
74 |
0.11% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
72 |
0.11% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
60 |
0.09% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
47 |
0.07% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
27 |
0.04% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
22 |
0.03% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
17 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
66512 |
97.74% |
| Rejected |
1541 |
2.26% |
| Polled |
68053 |
77% |
| Electors |
88377 |
|
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