| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
23637 |
50.53% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
22249 |
47.56% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
279 |
0.60% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
243 |
0.52% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
86 |
0.18% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
65 |
0.14% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
51 |
0.11% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
45 |
0.10% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
37 |
0.08% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
35 |
0.07% |
 |
Wije Dias |
28 |
0.06% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
14 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
12 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
46781 |
98.57% |
| Rejected |
679 |
1.43% |
| Polled |
47460 |
77.82% |
| Electors |
60990 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
24073 |
57.07% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
16091 |
38.15% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1069 |
2.53% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
200 |
0.47% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
181 |
0.43% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
171 |
0.41% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
112 |
0.27% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
74 |
0.18% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
64 |
0.15% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
48 |
0.11% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
35 |
0.08% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
31 |
0.07% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
30 |
0.07% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
42179 |
97.43% |
| Rejected |
1112 |
2.57% |
| Polled |
43291 |
80.57% |
| Electors |
53732 |
|
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