| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
36916 |
55.79% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
28015 |
42.34% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
370 |
0.56% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
330 |
0.50% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
109 |
0.16% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
87 |
0.13% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
83 |
0.13% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
73 |
0.11% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
54 |
0.08% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
52 |
0.08% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
33 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
32 |
0.05% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
19 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
66173 |
98.69% |
| Rejected |
879 |
1.31% |
| Polled |
67052 |
81.14% |
| Electors |
82636 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
29229 |
53.09% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
21400 |
38.87% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
3108 |
5.65% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
251 |
0.46% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
223 |
0.41% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
207 |
0.38% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
157 |
0.29% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
116 |
0.21% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
111 |
0.2% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
95 |
0.17% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
75 |
0.14% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
45 |
0.08% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
38 |
0.07% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
55055 |
97.41% |
| Rejected |
1464 |
2.59% |
| Polled |
56519 |
75.96% |
| Electors |
74409 |
|
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