| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
30852 |
55.57% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
23688 |
42.67% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
333 |
0.60% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
285 |
0.51% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
78 |
0.14% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
74 |
0.13% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
50 |
0.09% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
45 |
0.08% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
35 |
0.06% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
30 |
0.05% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
21 |
0.04% |
 |
Wije Dias |
15 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
13 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
55519 |
98.23% |
| Rejected |
1003 |
1.77% |
| Polled |
56522 |
78.78% |
| Electors |
71744 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
23685 |
47.92% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
23312 |
47.17% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1299 |
2.63% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
198 |
0.4% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
186 |
0.38% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
168 |
0.34% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
158 |
0.32% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
142 |
0.29% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
80 |
0.16% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
67 |
0.14% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
63 |
0.13% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
33 |
0.07% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
30 |
0.06% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
49421 |
97.31% |
| Rejected |
1366 |
2.69% |
| Polled |
50787 |
79.2% |
| Electors |
64127 |
|
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