| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
62018 |
63.78% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
34376 |
35.35% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
197 |
0.20% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
191 |
0.20% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
168 |
0.17% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
70 |
0.07% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
55 |
0.06% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
46 |
0.05% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
42 |
0.04% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
31 |
0.03% |
 |
Wije Dias |
29 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
9 |
0.01% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
9 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
97241 |
99.04% |
| Rejected |
944 |
0.96% |
| Polled |
98185 |
78.73% |
| Electors |
124714 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
51606 |
61.67% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
26257 |
31.38% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
4433 |
5.3% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
626 |
0.75% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
198 |
0.24% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
130 |
0.16% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
114 |
0.14% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
90 |
0.11% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
77 |
0.09% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
63 |
0.08% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
39 |
0.05% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
26 |
0.03% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
23 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
83682 |
97.92% |
| Rejected |
1780 |
2.08% |
| Polled |
85462 |
76.43% |
| Electors |
111814 |
|
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