| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
15686 |
59.63% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
10502 |
39.92% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
57 |
0.22% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
15 |
0.06% |
 |
Wije Dias |
12 |
0.05% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
12 |
0.05% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
8 |
0.03% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
5 |
0.02% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
4 |
0.02% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
3 |
0.01% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
2 |
0.01% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
0 |
0.00% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
0 |
0.00% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
26306 |
98.47% |
| Rejected |
410 |
1.53% |
| Polled |
26716 |
0.00% |
| Electors |
0 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
8013 |
48.42% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
7284 |
44.02% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
876 |
5.29% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
239 |
1.44% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
98 |
0.59% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
13 |
0.08% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
9 |
0.05% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
5 |
0.03% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
5 |
0.03% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
5 |
0.03% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
1 |
0.01% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
0 |
0% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
0 |
0% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
16548 |
96.47% |
| Rejected |
605 |
3.53% |
| Polled |
17153 |
-
|
| Electors |
0 |
|
| |
|
|
