| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
16646 |
51.11% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
15367 |
47.19% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
176 |
0.54% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
138 |
0.42% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
45 |
0.14% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
43 |
0.13% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
38 |
0.12% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
35 |
0.11% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
23 |
0.07% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
22 |
0.07% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
17 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
13 |
0.04% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
4 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
32567 |
98.63% |
| Rejected |
452 |
1.37% |
| Polled |
33019 |
79.63% |
| Electors |
41465 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
14497 |
52.25% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
11955 |
43.09% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
669 |
2.41% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
139 |
0.5% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
109 |
0.39% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
107 |
0.39% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
88 |
0.32% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
50 |
0.18% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
34 |
0.12% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
34 |
0.12% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
33 |
0.12% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
14 |
0.05% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
14 |
0.05% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
27743 |
97.47% |
| Rejected |
720 |
2.53% |
| Polled |
28463 |
78.6% |
| Electors |
36214 |
|
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