| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
34259 |
60.89% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
21330 |
37.91% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
221 |
0.39% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
176 |
0.31% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
64 |
0.11% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
47 |
0.08% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
41 |
0.07% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
32 |
0.06% |
 |
Wije Dias |
31 |
0.06% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
27 |
0.05% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
25 |
0.04% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
9 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
3 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
56265 |
99.12% |
| Rejected |
498 |
0.88% |
| Polled |
56763 |
76.98% |
| Electors |
73737 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
28404 |
56.03% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
19134 |
37.74% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
2497 |
4.93% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
144 |
0.28% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
104 |
0.21% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
91 |
0.18% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
88 |
0.17% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
79 |
0.16% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
74 |
0.15% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
32 |
0.06% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
26 |
0.05% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
15 |
0.03% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
10 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
50698 |
98.54% |
| Rejected |
749 |
1.46% |
| Polled |
51447 |
75.1% |
| Electors |
68503 |
|
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