| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
25874 |
56.66% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
19058 |
41.74% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
233 |
0.51% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
231 |
0.51% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
55 |
0.12% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
48 |
0.11% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
38 |
0.08% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
38 |
0.08% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
28 |
0.06% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
23 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
14 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
14 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
10 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
45664 |
98.58% |
| Rejected |
660 |
1.42% |
| Polled |
46324 |
75.93% |
| Electors |
61006 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
19900 |
48.33% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
19808 |
48.11% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
638 |
1.55% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
153 |
0.37% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
149 |
0.36% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
128 |
0.31% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
116 |
0.28% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
108 |
0.26% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
51 |
0.12% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
46 |
0.11% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
42 |
0.1% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
19 |
0.05% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
16 |
0.04% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
41174 |
97.49% |
| Rejected |
1059 |
2.51% |
| Polled |
42233 |
76.54% |
| Electors |
55180 |
|
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