| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
31957 |
59.81% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
20610 |
38.57% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
284 |
0.53% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
206 |
0.39% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
100 |
0.19% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
73 |
0.14% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
50 |
0.09% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
39 |
0.07% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
32 |
0.06% |
 |
Wije Dias |
29 |
0.05% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
27 |
0.05% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
17 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
9 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
53433 |
98.37% |
| Rejected |
885 |
1.63% |
| Polled |
54318 |
75.63% |
| Electors |
71823 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
32945 |
63.25% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
17372 |
33.35% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
928 |
1.78% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
168 |
0.32% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
134 |
0.26% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
125 |
0.24% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
122 |
0.23% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
119 |
0.23% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
56 |
0.11% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
55 |
0.11% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
35 |
0.07% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
20 |
0.04% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
12 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
52091 |
97.5% |
| Rejected |
1338 |
2.5% |
| Polled |
53429 |
84.73% |
| Electors |
63055 |
|
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