| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
33073 |
64.16% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
17645 |
34.23% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
378 |
0.73% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
204 |
0.40% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
51 |
0.10% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
35 |
0.07% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
29 |
0.06% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
27 |
0.05% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
27 |
0.05% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
24 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
23 |
0.04% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
16 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
16 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
51548 |
98.89% |
| Rejected |
576 |
1.11% |
| Polled |
52124 |
78.98% |
| Electors |
65998 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
22068 |
49.23% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
20984 |
46.82% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
826 |
1.84% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
211 |
0.47% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
164 |
0.37% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
136 |
0.3% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
133 |
0.3% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
76 |
0.17% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
71 |
0.16% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
67 |
0.15% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
52 |
0.12% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
22 |
0.05% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
13 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
44823 |
97.41% |
| Rejected |
1193 |
2.59% |
| Polled |
46016 |
77.56% |
| Electors |
59333 |
|
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