| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
11027 |
66.68% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
5434 |
32.86% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
31 |
0.19% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
12 |
0.07% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
6 |
0.04% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
6 |
0.04% |
 |
Wije Dias |
5 |
0.03% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
5 |
0.03% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
4 |
0.02% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
4 |
0.02% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
1 |
0.01% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
1 |
0.01% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
0 |
0.00% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
16536 |
98.02% |
| Rejected |
334 |
1.98% |
| Polled |
16870 |
0.00% |
| Electors |
0 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
6169 |
53.03% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
4403 |
37.85% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
791 |
6.8% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
172 |
1.48% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
67 |
0.58% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
11 |
0.09% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
4 |
0.03% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
4 |
0.03% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
4 |
0.03% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
2 |
0.02% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
2 |
0.02% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
0 |
0% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
11633 |
95.85% |
| Rejected |
504 |
4.15% |
| Polled |
12137 |
-
|
| Electors |
0 |
|
| |
|
|
