| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
52393 |
60.52% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
33171 |
38.32% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
252 |
0.29% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
214 |
0.25% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
208 |
0.24% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
83 |
0.10% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
63 |
0.07% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
48 |
0.06% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
40 |
0.05% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
37 |
0.04% |
 |
Wije Dias |
35 |
0.04% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
16 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
8 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
86568 |
98.76% |
| Rejected |
1090 |
1.24% |
| Polled |
87658 |
77.64% |
| Electors |
112898 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
51204 |
65.79% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
21709 |
27.89% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
3608 |
4.64% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
411 |
0.53% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
212 |
0.27% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
143 |
0.18% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
133 |
0.17% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
125 |
0.16% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
95 |
0.12% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
77 |
0.1% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
52 |
0.07% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
45 |
0.06% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
14 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
77828 |
97.58% |
| Rejected |
1933 |
2.42% |
| Polled |
79761 |
78.61% |
| Electors |
101470 |
|
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