| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
49509 |
56.12% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
37801 |
42.85% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
259 |
0.29% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
179 |
0.20% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
162 |
0.18% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
74 |
0.08% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
59 |
0.07% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
42 |
0.05% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
38 |
0.04% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
36 |
0.04% |
 |
Wije Dias |
29 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
22 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
10 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
88220 |
98.94% |
| Rejected |
947 |
1.06% |
| Polled |
89167 |
80.18% |
| Electors |
111211 |
|
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|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
42314 |
56.05% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
28328 |
37.53% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
3658 |
4.85% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
450 |
0.6% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
134 |
0.18% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
125 |
0.17% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
106 |
0.14% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
102 |
0.14% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
98 |
0.13% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
94 |
0.12% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
33 |
0.04% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
29 |
0.04% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
20 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
75491 |
98.03% |
| Rejected |
1514 |
1.97% |
| Polled |
77005 |
77.84% |
| Electors |
98927 |
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