| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
17131 |
65.68% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
8819 |
33.81% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
87 |
0.33% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
10 |
0.04% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
9 |
0.03% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
7 |
0.03% |
 |
Wije Dias |
6 |
0.02% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
6 |
0.02% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
2 |
0.01% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
2 |
0.01% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
2 |
0.01% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
2 |
0.01% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
1 |
0.00% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
26084 |
98.39% |
| Rejected |
427 |
1.61% |
| Polled |
26511 |
0.00% |
| Electors |
0 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
9764 |
54.51% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
6471 |
36.13% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1214 |
6.78% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
285 |
1.59% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
124 |
0.69% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
12 |
0.07% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
10 |
0.06% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
10 |
0.06% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
8 |
0.04% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
6 |
0.03% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
3 |
0.02% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
3 |
0.02% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
2 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
17912 |
94.51% |
| Rejected |
1040 |
5.49% |
| Polled |
18952 |
-
|
| Electors |
0 |
|
| |
|
|
