| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
17130 |
63.89% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
9435 |
35.19% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
57 |
0.21% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
55 |
0.21% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
55 |
0.21% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
20 |
0.07% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
15 |
0.06% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
14 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
10 |
0.04% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
7 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
6 |
0.02% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
6 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
1 |
0.00% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
26811 |
98.77% |
| Rejected |
335 |
1.23% |
| Polled |
27146 |
74.73% |
| Electors |
36326 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
13809 |
54.6% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
10101 |
39.94% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
639 |
2.53% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
349 |
1.38% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
109 |
0.43% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
105 |
0.42% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
43 |
0.17% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
40 |
0.16% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
34 |
0.13% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
29 |
0.11% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
14 |
0.06% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
11 |
0.04% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
9 |
0.04% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
25292 |
97.59% |
| Rejected |
624 |
2.41% |
| Polled |
25916 |
75.32% |
| Electors |
34410 |
|
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