| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
37518 |
53.54% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
31449 |
44.88% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
408 |
0.58% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
254 |
0.36% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
91 |
0.13% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
81 |
0.12% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
57 |
0.08% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
57 |
0.08% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
56 |
0.08% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
52 |
0.07% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
26 |
0.04% |
 |
Wije Dias |
24 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
8 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
70081 |
99.07% |
| Rejected |
656 |
0.93% |
| Polled |
70737 |
78.62% |
| Electors |
89979 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
30128 |
49.54% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
26506 |
43.59% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
3014 |
4.96% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
227 |
0.37% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
208 |
0.34% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
176 |
0.29% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
163 |
0.27% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
86 |
0.14% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
83 |
0.14% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
78 |
0.13% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
76 |
0.12% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
34 |
0.06% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
34 |
0.06% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
60813 |
98.02% |
| Rejected |
1226 |
1.98% |
| Polled |
62039 |
75.52% |
| Electors |
82145 |
|
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