| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
40805 |
62.01% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
24236 |
36.83% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
252 |
0.38% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
141 |
0.21% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
92 |
0.14% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
75 |
0.11% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
46 |
0.07% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
42 |
0.06% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
37 |
0.06% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
34 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
25 |
0.04% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
16 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
1 |
0.00% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
65802 |
98.80% |
| Rejected |
799 |
1.20% |
| Polled |
66601 |
74.53% |
| Electors |
89361 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
28515 |
48.48% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
28156 |
47.87% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1360 |
2.31% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
156 |
0.27% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
126 |
0.21% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
111 |
0.19% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
106 |
0.18% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
92 |
0.16% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
74 |
0.13% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
55 |
0.09% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
36 |
0.06% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
20 |
0.03% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
15 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
58822 |
98.03% |
| Rejected |
1181 |
1.97% |
| Polled |
60003 |
71.85% |
| Electors |
83508 |
|
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