| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
30418 |
59.51% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
20093 |
39.31% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
170 |
0.33% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
151 |
0.30% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
59 |
0.12% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
49 |
0.10% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
48 |
0.09% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
42 |
0.08% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
25 |
0.05% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
25 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
19 |
0.04% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
7 |
0.01% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
4 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
51110 |
99.01% |
| Rejected |
509 |
0.99% |
| Polled |
51619 |
79.58% |
| Electors |
64864 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
24642 |
55.79% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
16358 |
37.03% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
2595 |
5.87% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
141 |
0.32% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
84 |
0.19% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
78 |
0.18% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
62 |
0.14% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
55 |
0.12% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
55 |
0.12% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
47 |
0.11% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
32 |
0.07% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
13 |
0.03% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
9 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
44171 |
98.05% |
| Rejected |
880 |
1.95% |
| Polled |
45051 |
76.95% |
| Electors |
58545 |
|
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