| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
43249 |
55.02% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
34685 |
44.13% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
183 |
0.23% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
155 |
0.20% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
118 |
0.15% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
47 |
0.06% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
42 |
0.05% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
41 |
0.05% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
28 |
0.04% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
23 |
0.03% |
 |
Wije Dias |
21 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
7 |
0.01% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
2 |
0.00% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
78601 |
99.05% |
| Rejected |
754 |
0.95% |
| Polled |
79355 |
80.00% |
| Electors |
99193 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
36550 |
55.01% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
26061 |
39.22% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
2825 |
4.25% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
369 |
0.56% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
118 |
0.18% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
114 |
0.17% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
110 |
0.17% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
94 |
0.14% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
78 |
0.12% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
54 |
0.08% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
27 |
0.04% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
24 |
0.04% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
18 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
66442 |
97.87% |
| Rejected |
1443 |
2.13% |
| Polled |
67885 |
77.11% |
| Electors |
88034 |
|
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