| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
59899 |
57.17% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
43540 |
41.55% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
390 |
0.37% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
322 |
0.31% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
147 |
0.14% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
91 |
0.09% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
84 |
0.08% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
77 |
0.07% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
72 |
0.07% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
62 |
0.06% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
39 |
0.04% |
 |
Wije Dias |
33 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
21 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
104777 |
98.65% |
| Rejected |
1432 |
1.35% |
| Polled |
106209 |
76.87% |
| Electors |
138171 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
41640 |
47.75% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
40996 |
47.01% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
2782 |
3.19% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
384 |
0.44% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
359 |
0.41% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
244 |
0.28% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
230 |
0.26% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
165 |
0.19% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
114 |
0.13% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
110 |
0.13% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
91 |
0.1% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
43 |
0.05% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
40 |
0.05% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
87198 |
96.98% |
| Rejected |
2720 |
3.02% |
| Polled |
89918 |
74.84% |
| Electors |
120150 |
|
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