| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
29218 |
52.01% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
25918 |
46.13% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
371 |
0.66% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
251 |
0.45% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
85 |
0.15% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
81 |
0.14% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
66 |
0.12% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
46 |
0.08% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
40 |
0.07% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
36 |
0.06% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
30 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
28 |
0.05% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
9 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
56179 |
98.87% |
| Rejected |
644 |
1.13% |
| Polled |
56823 |
79.94% |
| Electors |
71080 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
25424 |
50.25% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
22879 |
45.22% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1397 |
2.76% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
184 |
0.36% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
156 |
0.31% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
131 |
0.26% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
128 |
0.25% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
69 |
0.14% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
69 |
0.14% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
63 |
0.12% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
45 |
0.09% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
28 |
0.06% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
24 |
0.05% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
50597 |
98.08% |
| Rejected |
991 |
1.92% |
| Polled |
51588 |
77.91% |
| Electors |
66212 |
|
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