| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
20269 |
49.52% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
19973 |
48.79% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
207 |
0.51% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
186 |
0.45% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
68 |
0.17% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
55 |
0.13% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
46 |
0.11% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
36 |
0.09% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
33 |
0.08% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
28 |
0.07% |
 |
Wije Dias |
14 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
10 |
0.02% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
9 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
40934 |
98.64% |
| Rejected |
564 |
1.36% |
| Polled |
41498 |
78.67% |
| Electors |
52747 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
18216 |
50.61% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
16335 |
45.38% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
632 |
1.76% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
186 |
0.52% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
135 |
0.38% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
133 |
0.37% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
113 |
0.31% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
60 |
0.17% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
54 |
0.15% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
48 |
0.13% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
30 |
0.08% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
29 |
0.08% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
22 |
0.06% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
35993 |
97.5% |
| Rejected |
922 |
2.5% |
| Polled |
36915 |
78.81% |
| Electors |
46840 |
|
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