| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
49095 |
54.23% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
40473 |
44.71% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
258 |
0.28% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
195 |
0.22% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
177 |
0.20% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
84 |
0.09% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
79 |
0.09% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
52 |
0.06% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
43 |
0.05% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
31 |
0.03% |
 |
Wije Dias |
18 |
0.02% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
13 |
0.01% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
10 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
90528 |
98.93% |
| Rejected |
977 |
1.07% |
| Polled |
91505 |
79.85% |
| Electors |
114595 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
45607 |
59.82% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
27389 |
35.93% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
2224 |
2.92% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
261 |
0.34% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
171 |
0.22% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
148 |
0.19% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
125 |
0.16% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
92 |
0.12% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
82 |
0.11% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
71 |
0.09% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
25 |
0.03% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
21 |
0.03% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
19 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
76235 |
98.01% |
| Rejected |
1545 |
1.99% |
| Polled |
77780 |
77.51% |
| Electors |
100352 |
|
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