| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
31157 |
63.26% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
17438 |
35.40% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
179 |
0.36% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
164 |
0.33% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
73 |
0.15% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
60 |
0.12% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
49 |
0.10% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
42 |
0.09% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
32 |
0.06% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
29 |
0.06% |
 |
Wije Dias |
17 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
8 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
5 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
49253 |
99.03% |
| Rejected |
481 |
0.97% |
| Polled |
49734 |
77.57% |
| Electors |
64111 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
22445 |
54.57% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
14882 |
36.18% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
3157 |
7.68% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
144 |
0.35% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
115 |
0.28% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
103 |
0.25% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
65 |
0.16% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
55 |
0.13% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
51 |
0.12% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
51 |
0.12% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
30 |
0.07% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
19 |
0.05% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
16 |
0.04% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
41133 |
97.96% |
| Rejected |
857 |
2.04% |
| Polled |
41990 |
74.32% |
| Electors |
56502 |
|
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