| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
35829 |
57.23% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
25790 |
41.20% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
276 |
0.44% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
258 |
0.41% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
86 |
0.14% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
70 |
0.11% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
65 |
0.10% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
64 |
0.10% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
56 |
0.09% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
41 |
0.07% |
 |
Wije Dias |
27 |
0.04% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
22 |
0.04% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
19 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
62603 |
98.37% |
| Rejected |
1036 |
1.63% |
| Polled |
63639 |
75.61% |
| Electors |
84167 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
29986 |
53.65% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
23928 |
42.81% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
828 |
1.48% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
244 |
0.44% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
163 |
0.29% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
161 |
0.29% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
159 |
0.28% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
141 |
0.25% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
94 |
0.17% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
90 |
0.16% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
51 |
0.09% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
26 |
0.05% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
22 |
0.04% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
55893 |
97.17% |
| Rejected |
1626 |
2.83% |
| Polled |
57519 |
78.65% |
| Electors |
73137 |
|
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