| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
46097 |
57.68% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
33034 |
41.33% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
216 |
0.27% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
182 |
0.23% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
128 |
0.16% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
85 |
0.11% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
47 |
0.06% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
46 |
0.06% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
25 |
0.03% |
 |
Wije Dias |
23 |
0.03% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
22 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
14 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
2 |
0.00% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
79921 |
99.06% |
| Rejected |
762 |
0.94% |
| Polled |
80683 |
79.63% |
| Electors |
101328 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
39081 |
56.58% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
24976 |
36.16% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
3647 |
5.28% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
596 |
0.86% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
242 |
0.35% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
144 |
0.21% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
96 |
0.14% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
90 |
0.13% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
81 |
0.12% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
60 |
0.09% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
25 |
0.04% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
19 |
0.03% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
16 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
69073 |
97.17% |
| Rejected |
2014 |
2.83% |
| Polled |
71087 |
77.46% |
| Electors |
91768 |
|
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