| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
29882 |
50.26% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
28544 |
48.01% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
296 |
0.50% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
277 |
0.47% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
85 |
0.14% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
74 |
0.12% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
63 |
0.11% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
56 |
0.09% |
 |
Wije Dias |
48 |
0.08% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
44 |
0.07% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
40 |
0.07% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
28 |
0.05% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
16 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
59453 |
98.40% |
| Rejected |
965 |
1.60% |
| Polled |
60418 |
75.52% |
| Electors |
80003 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
28277 |
54.78% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
20885 |
40.46% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1353 |
2.62% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
195 |
0.38% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
184 |
0.36% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
165 |
0.32% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
149 |
0.29% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
110 |
0.21% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
88 |
0.17% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
86 |
0.17% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
77 |
0.15% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
31 |
0.06% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
22 |
0.04% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
51622 |
97.15% |
| Rejected |
1513 |
2.85% |
| Polled |
53135 |
76.9% |
| Electors |
69098 |
|
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