| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
39347 |
52.39% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
34945 |
46.53% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
217 |
0.29% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
179 |
0.24% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
115 |
0.15% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
79 |
0.11% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
51 |
0.07% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
48 |
0.06% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
46 |
0.06% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
36 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
15 |
0.02% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
15 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
7 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
75100 |
99.10% |
| Rejected |
680 |
0.90% |
| Polled |
75780 |
80.89% |
| Electors |
93677 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
35245 |
54.1% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
27007 |
41.46% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
2046 |
3.14% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
215 |
0.33% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
127 |
0.19% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
107 |
0.16% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
100 |
0.15% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
97 |
0.15% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
62 |
0.1% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
54 |
0.08% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
36 |
0.06% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
30 |
0.05% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
21 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
65147 |
98.58% |
| Rejected |
941 |
1.42% |
| Polled |
66088 |
79.55% |
| Electors |
83077 |
|
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