| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
36424 |
58.96% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
24570 |
39.77% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
222 |
0.36% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
211 |
0.34% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
107 |
0.17% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
54 |
0.09% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
43 |
0.07% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
40 |
0.06% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
39 |
0.06% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
27 |
0.04% |
 |
Wije Dias |
20 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
17 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
5 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
61779 |
99.10% |
| Rejected |
560 |
0.90% |
| Polled |
62339 |
79.42% |
| Electors |
78496 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
30327 |
56.73% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
19749 |
36.94% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
2602 |
4.87% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
150 |
0.28% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
129 |
0.24% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
124 |
0.23% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
91 |
0.17% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
81 |
0.15% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
69 |
0.13% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
62 |
0.12% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
41 |
0.08% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
20 |
0.04% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
16 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
53461 |
98.04% |
| Rejected |
1070 |
1.96% |
| Polled |
54531 |
78.77% |
| Electors |
69229 |
|
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