| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
43853 |
52.34% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
38692 |
46.18% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
361 |
0.43% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
325 |
0.39% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
117 |
0.14% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
102 |
0.12% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
84 |
0.10% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
71 |
0.08% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
61 |
0.07% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
41 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
31 |
0.04% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
23 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
17 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
83778 |
98.74% |
| Rejected |
1073 |
1.26% |
| Polled |
84851 |
76.17% |
| Electors |
111401 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
35811 |
49.9% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
30850 |
42.99% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
3496 |
4.87% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
323 |
0.45% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
270 |
0.38% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
233 |
0.32% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
214 |
0.3% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
169 |
0.24% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
132 |
0.18% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
91 |
0.13% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
76 |
0.11% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
57 |
0.08% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
46 |
0.06% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
71768 |
97.45% |
| Rejected |
1876 |
2.55% |
| Polled |
73644 |
75.65% |
| Electors |
97348 |
|
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