| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
42304 |
56.46% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
31489 |
42.03% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
354 |
0.47% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
301 |
0.40% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
112 |
0.15% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
82 |
0.11% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
71 |
0.09% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
61 |
0.08% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
60 |
0.08% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
39 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
29 |
0.04% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
16 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
11 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
74929 |
99.13% |
| Rejected |
654 |
0.87% |
| Polled |
75583 |
84.78% |
| Electors |
89156 |
|
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|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
35712 |
54.85% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
25292 |
38.85% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
3183 |
4.89% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
174 |
0.27% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
152 |
0.23% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
135 |
0.21% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
110 |
0.17% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
95 |
0.15% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
75 |
0.12% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
59 |
0.09% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
50 |
0.08% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
48 |
0.07% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
24 |
0.04% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
65109 |
98.68% |
| Rejected |
873 |
1.32% |
| Polled |
65982 |
83.78% |
| Electors |
78752 |
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