| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
31449 |
54.10% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
25551 |
43.96% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
362 |
0.62% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
334 |
0.57% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
96 |
0.17% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
78 |
0.13% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
58 |
0.10% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
55 |
0.09% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
53 |
0.09% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
39 |
0.07% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
24 |
0.04% |
 |
Wije Dias |
19 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
11 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
58129 |
98.38% |
| Rejected |
955 |
1.62% |
| Polled |
59084 |
75.45% |
| Electors |
78314 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
26959 |
51.56% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
22336 |
42.72% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1574 |
3.01% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
264 |
0.5% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
255 |
0.49% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
235 |
0.45% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
232 |
0.44% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
142 |
0.27% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
78 |
0.15% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
78 |
0.15% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
75 |
0.14% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
28 |
0.05% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
27 |
0.05% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
52283 |
96.98% |
| Rejected |
1627 |
3.02% |
| Polled |
53910 |
75.9% |
| Electors |
71025 |
|
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