| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
20177 |
52.72% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
17453 |
45.61% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
200 |
0.52% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
177 |
0.46% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
49 |
0.13% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
48 |
0.13% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
43 |
0.11% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
42 |
0.11% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
25 |
0.07% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
20 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
15 |
0.04% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
12 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
8 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
38269 |
99.01% |
| Rejected |
382 |
0.99% |
| Polled |
38651 |
75.94% |
| Electors |
50898 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
16777 |
48.25% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
16428 |
47.24% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
933 |
2.68% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
134 |
0.39% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
115 |
0.33% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
93 |
0.27% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
70 |
0.2% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
57 |
0.16% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
49 |
0.14% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
46 |
0.13% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
41 |
0.12% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
16 |
0.05% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
15 |
0.04% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
34774 |
98.2% |
| Rejected |
637 |
1.8% |
| Polled |
35411 |
75.96% |
| Electors |
46621 |
|
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