| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
40567 |
63.27% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
22366 |
34.88% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
368 |
0.57% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
294 |
0.46% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
98 |
0.15% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
90 |
0.14% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
88 |
0.14% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
75 |
0.12% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
71 |
0.11% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
45 |
0.07% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
27 |
0.04% |
 |
Wije Dias |
19 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
10 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
64118 |
99.12% |
| Rejected |
571 |
0.88% |
| Polled |
64689 |
78.77% |
| Electors |
82128 |
|
| |
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|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
29115 |
54.77% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
19464 |
36.61% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
3471 |
6.53% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
199 |
0.37% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
194 |
0.36% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
192 |
0.36% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
170 |
0.32% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
92 |
0.17% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
85 |
0.16% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
57 |
0.11% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
54 |
0.1% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
36 |
0.07% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
32 |
0.06% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
53161 |
98.18% |
| Rejected |
983 |
1.82% |
| Polled |
54144 |
72.04% |
| Electors |
75156 |
|
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