| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
27061 |
55.58% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
20725 |
42.56% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
285 |
0.59% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
277 |
0.57% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
58 |
0.12% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
58 |
0.12% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
57 |
0.12% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
46 |
0.09% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
40 |
0.08% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
33 |
0.07% |
 |
Wije Dias |
18 |
0.04% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
18 |
0.04% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
15 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
48691 |
98.30% |
| Rejected |
843 |
1.70% |
| Polled |
49534 |
78.10% |
| Electors |
63421 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
29000 |
58.16% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
18426 |
36.95% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1572 |
3.15% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
158 |
0.32% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
143 |
0.29% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
140 |
0.28% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
131 |
0.26% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
71 |
0.14% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
68 |
0.14% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
54 |
0.11% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
51 |
0.1% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
28 |
0.06% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
21 |
0.04% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
49863 |
97.15% |
| Rejected |
1461 |
2.85% |
| Polled |
51324 |
88.17% |
| Electors |
58213 |
|
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