| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
44801 |
55.94% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
34300 |
42.83% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
293 |
0.37% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
232 |
0.29% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
134 |
0.17% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
68 |
0.08% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
56 |
0.07% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
54 |
0.07% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
53 |
0.07% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
48 |
0.06% |
 |
Wije Dias |
21 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
15 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
14 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
80089 |
99.01% |
| Rejected |
802 |
0.99% |
| Polled |
80891 |
80.82% |
| Electors |
100085 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
37559 |
54.4% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
27700 |
40.12% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
2648 |
3.84% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
308 |
0.45% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
182 |
0.26% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
139 |
0.2% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
130 |
0.19% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
126 |
0.18% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
79 |
0.11% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
77 |
0.11% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
40 |
0.06% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
31 |
0.04% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
21 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
69040 |
97.99% |
| Rejected |
1417 |
2.01% |
| Polled |
70457 |
81.28% |
| Electors |
86680 |
|
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