| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
33179 |
53.18% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
28676 |
45.96% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
142 |
0.23% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
130 |
0.21% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
101 |
0.16% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
37 |
0.06% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
26 |
0.04% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
23 |
0.04% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
23 |
0.04% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
20 |
0.03% |
 |
Wije Dias |
20 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
5 |
0.01% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
5 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
62387 |
98.88% |
| Rejected |
708 |
1.12% |
| Polled |
63095 |
78.57% |
| Electors |
80301 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
30947 |
54.11% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
22215 |
38.84% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
2940 |
5.14% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
512 |
0.9% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
124 |
0.22% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
108 |
0.19% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
103 |
0.18% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
76 |
0.13% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
59 |
0.1% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
52 |
0.09% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
19 |
0.03% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
19 |
0.03% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
16 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
57190 |
97.31% |
| Rejected |
1582 |
2.69% |
| Polled |
58772 |
75.91% |
| Electors |
77425 |
|
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