| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
40558 |
58.33% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
27764 |
39.93% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
354 |
0.51% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
350 |
0.50% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
112 |
0.16% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
84 |
0.12% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
78 |
0.11% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
68 |
0.10% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
53 |
0.08% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
40 |
0.06% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
28 |
0.04% |
 |
Wije Dias |
27 |
0.04% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
14 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
69530 |
99.00% |
| Rejected |
699 |
1.00% |
| Polled |
70229 |
81.87% |
| Electors |
85786 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
34097 |
56.36% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
22969 |
37.97% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
2406 |
3.98% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
191 |
0.32% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
167 |
0.28% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
148 |
0.24% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
136 |
0.22% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
91 |
0.15% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
91 |
0.15% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
82 |
0.14% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
56 |
0.09% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
40 |
0.07% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
22 |
0.04% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
60496 |
98.14% |
| Rejected |
1145 |
1.86% |
| Polled |
61641 |
80.2% |
| Electors |
76860 |
|
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