| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
31321 |
52.75% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
27385 |
46.12% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
204 |
0.34% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
169 |
0.28% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
83 |
0.14% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
40 |
0.07% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
35 |
0.06% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
33 |
0.06% |
 |
Wije Dias |
28 |
0.05% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
26 |
0.04% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
24 |
0.04% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
20 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
4 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
59372 |
98.76% |
| Rejected |
746 |
1.24% |
| Polled |
60118 |
78.06% |
| Electors |
77020 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
23259 |
47.8% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
22974 |
47.22% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1569 |
3.22% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
267 |
0.55% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
131 |
0.27% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
113 |
0.23% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
78 |
0.16% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
74 |
0.15% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
60 |
0.12% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
45 |
0.09% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
43 |
0.09% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
25 |
0.05% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
16 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
48654 |
97.17% |
| Rejected |
1415 |
2.83% |
| Polled |
50069 |
76.66% |
| Electors |
65317 |
|
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