| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
45849 |
59.50% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
30306 |
39.33% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
238 |
0.31% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
227 |
0.29% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
129 |
0.17% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
61 |
0.08% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
56 |
0.07% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
52 |
0.07% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
51 |
0.07% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
39 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
28 |
0.04% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
11 |
0.01% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
8 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
77055 |
99.14% |
| Rejected |
669 |
0.86% |
| Polled |
77724 |
80.01% |
| Electors |
97143 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
39214 |
58.61% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
23857 |
35.66% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
2794 |
4.18% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
281 |
0.42% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
142 |
0.21% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
137 |
0.2% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
121 |
0.18% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
97 |
0.14% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
81 |
0.12% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
71 |
0.11% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
48 |
0.07% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
35 |
0.05% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
29 |
0.04% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
66907 |
98.41% |
| Rejected |
1081 |
1.59% |
| Polled |
67988 |
77.93% |
| Electors |
87240 |
|
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