| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
29637 |
57.62% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
20945 |
40.72% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
278 |
0.54% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
235 |
0.46% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
88 |
0.17% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
73 |
0.14% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
48 |
0.09% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
34 |
0.07% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
33 |
0.06% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
25 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
17 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
15 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
11 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
51439 |
98.22% |
| Rejected |
932 |
1.78% |
| Polled |
52371 |
73.58% |
| Electors |
71171 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
21709 |
48.86% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
20185 |
45.43% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1392 |
3.13% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
239 |
0.54% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
172 |
0.39% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
170 |
0.38% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
168 |
0.38% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
122 |
0.27% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
94 |
0.21% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
59 |
0.13% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
56 |
0.13% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
34 |
0.08% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
33 |
0.07% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
44433 |
97.11% |
| Rejected |
1322 |
2.89% |
| Polled |
45755 |
71.42% |
| Electors |
64069 |
|
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