| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
27791 |
49.69% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
27428 |
49.04% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
210 |
0.38% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
159 |
0.28% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
100 |
0.18% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
50 |
0.09% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
48 |
0.09% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
46 |
0.08% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
34 |
0.06% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
26 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
19 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
12 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
11 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
55934 |
98.95% |
| Rejected |
594 |
1.05% |
| Polled |
56528 |
78.15% |
| Electors |
72329 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
23135 |
49.65% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
21219 |
45.54% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1293 |
2.78% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
301 |
0.65% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
125 |
0.27% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
105 |
0.23% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
103 |
0.22% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
102 |
0.22% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
61 |
0.13% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
54 |
0.12% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
49 |
0.11% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
24 |
0.05% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
21 |
0.05% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
46592 |
96.95% |
| Rejected |
1464 |
3.05% |
| Polled |
48056 |
76.59% |
| Electors |
62747 |
|
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