| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
45143 |
57.19% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
32916 |
41.70% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
237 |
0.30% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
222 |
0.28% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
91 |
0.12% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
76 |
0.10% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
63 |
0.08% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
48 |
0.06% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
43 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
37 |
0.05% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
36 |
0.05% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
13 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
5 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
78930 |
98.99% |
| Rejected |
808 |
1.01% |
| Polled |
79738 |
78.16% |
| Electors |
102020 |
|
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|
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| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
35751 |
53.03% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
27131 |
40.25% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
3369 |
5% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
386 |
0.57% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
135 |
0.2% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
131 |
0.19% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
127 |
0.19% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
111 |
0.16% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
105 |
0.16% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
77 |
0.11% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
38 |
0.06% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
31 |
0.05% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
21 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
67413 |
97.77% |
| Rejected |
1540 |
2.23% |
| Polled |
68953 |
76% |
| Electors |
90723 |
|
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