| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
40006 |
55.58% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
30853 |
42.86% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
379 |
0.53% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
271 |
0.38% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
105 |
0.15% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
67 |
0.09% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
65 |
0.09% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
60 |
0.08% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
58 |
0.08% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
53 |
0.07% |
 |
Wije Dias |
29 |
0.04% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
23 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
13 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
71982 |
98.96% |
| Rejected |
756 |
1.04% |
| Polled |
72738 |
77.81% |
| Electors |
93479 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
32352 |
51.71% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
25813 |
41.26% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
3221 |
5.15% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
316 |
0.51% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
183 |
0.29% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
162 |
0.26% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
148 |
0.24% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
83 |
0.13% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
75 |
0.12% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
74 |
0.12% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
71 |
0.11% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
35 |
0.06% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
32 |
0.05% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
62565 |
97.67% |
| Rejected |
1492 |
2.33% |
| Polled |
64057 |
75.74% |
| Electors |
84575 |
|
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