| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
38779 |
59.16% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
25767 |
39.31% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
296 |
0.45% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
268 |
0.41% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
100 |
0.15% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
70 |
0.11% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
68 |
0.10% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
64 |
0.10% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
53 |
0.08% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
41 |
0.06% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
17 |
0.03% |
 |
Wije Dias |
15 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
8 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
65546 |
99.13% |
| Rejected |
572 |
0.87% |
| Polled |
66118 |
80.36% |
| Electors |
82282 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
31626 |
55.68% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
21196 |
37.32% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
3128 |
5.51% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
169 |
0.3% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
125 |
0.22% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
119 |
0.21% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
115 |
0.2% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
82 |
0.14% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
76 |
0.13% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
69 |
0.12% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
44 |
0.08% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
24 |
0.04% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
22 |
0.04% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
56795 |
98.29% |
| Rejected |
991 |
1.71% |
| Polled |
57786 |
76.77% |
| Electors |
75271 |
|
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