| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
46950 |
51.96% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
42606 |
47.15% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
196 |
0.22% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
175 |
0.19% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
167 |
0.18% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
56 |
0.06% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
54 |
0.06% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
51 |
0.06% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
45 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
29 |
0.03% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
19 |
0.02% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
11 |
0.01% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
3 |
0.00% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
90362 |
98.93% |
| Rejected |
973 |
1.07% |
| Polled |
91335 |
78.04% |
| Electors |
117040 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
44098 |
56.64% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
29726 |
38.18% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
3089 |
3.97% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
236 |
0.3% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
224 |
0.29% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
112 |
0.14% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
82 |
0.11% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
82 |
0.11% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
72 |
0.09% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
57 |
0.07% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
27 |
0.03% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
26 |
0.03% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
21 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
77852 |
97.79% |
| Rejected |
1759 |
2.21% |
| Polled |
79611 |
76.49% |
| Electors |
104076 |
|
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