| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
37402 |
49.31% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
37390 |
49.29% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
372 |
0.49% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
224 |
0.30% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
105 |
0.14% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
84 |
0.11% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
66 |
0.09% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
55 |
0.07% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
48 |
0.06% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
47 |
0.06% |
 |
Wije Dias |
27 |
0.04% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
21 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
10 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
75851 |
98.85% |
| Rejected |
885 |
1.15% |
| Polled |
76736 |
77.49% |
| Electors |
99026 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
34369 |
51.05% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
29585 |
43.95% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
2421 |
3.6% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
160 |
0.24% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
159 |
0.24% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
150 |
0.22% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
148 |
0.22% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
114 |
0.17% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
81 |
0.12% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
70 |
0.1% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
35 |
0.05% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
15 |
0.02% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
14 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
67321 |
98.33% |
| Rejected |
1145 |
1.67% |
| Polled |
68466 |
78.24% |
| Electors |
87513 |
|
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