| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
35002 |
60.40% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
22164 |
38.25% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
233 |
0.40% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
194 |
0.33% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
80 |
0.14% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
54 |
0.09% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
49 |
0.08% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
48 |
0.08% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
47 |
0.08% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
35 |
0.06% |
 |
Wije Dias |
19 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
18 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
6 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
57949 |
99.15% |
| Rejected |
495 |
0.85% |
| Polled |
58444 |
79.40% |
| Electors |
73606 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
28137 |
56.61% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
18064 |
36.34% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
2727 |
5.49% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
161 |
0.32% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
135 |
0.27% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
97 |
0.2% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
94 |
0.19% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
92 |
0.19% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
67 |
0.13% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
55 |
0.11% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
40 |
0.08% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
20 |
0.04% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
15 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
49704 |
97.86% |
| Rejected |
1086 |
2.14% |
| Polled |
50790 |
74.88% |
| Electors |
67833 |
|
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