| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
28894 |
55.51% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
22670 |
43.55% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
124 |
0.24% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
120 |
0.23% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
83 |
0.16% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
37 |
0.07% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
29 |
0.06% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
25 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
21 |
0.04% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
16 |
0.03% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
16 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
12 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
5 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
52052 |
98.80% |
| Rejected |
630 |
1.20% |
| Polled |
52682 |
76.08% |
| Electors |
69243 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
20803 |
48.53% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
19893 |
46.41% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1173 |
2.74% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
431 |
1.01% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
133 |
0.31% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
114 |
0.27% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
83 |
0.19% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
73 |
0.17% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
66 |
0.15% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
38 |
0.09% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
29 |
0.07% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
16 |
0.04% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
13 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
42865 |
97.25% |
| Rejected |
1213 |
2.75% |
| Polled |
44078 |
74.47% |
| Electors |
59187 |
|
| |
|
|
