| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
27166 |
51.57% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
24972 |
47.40% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
199 |
0.38% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
104 |
0.20% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
85 |
0.16% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
30 |
0.06% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
28 |
0.05% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
24 |
0.05% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
23 |
0.04% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
23 |
0.04% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
11 |
0.02% |
 |
Wije Dias |
11 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
2 |
0.00% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
52678 |
99.02% |
| Rejected |
520 |
0.98% |
| Polled |
53198 |
74.48% |
| Electors |
71425 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
22008 |
48.93% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
20042 |
44.56% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
2207 |
4.91% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
225 |
0.5% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
119 |
0.26% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
112 |
0.25% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
64 |
0.14% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
63 |
0.14% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
61 |
0.14% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
37 |
0.08% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
18 |
0.04% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
15 |
0.03% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
7 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
44978 |
97.83% |
| Rejected |
1000 |
2.17% |
| Polled |
45978 |
72.64% |
| Electors |
63300 |
|
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