| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
41091 |
61.11% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
25103 |
37.33% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
326 |
0.48% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
279 |
0.41% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
98 |
0.15% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
79 |
0.12% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
68 |
0.10% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
63 |
0.09% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
51 |
0.08% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
43 |
0.06% |
 |
Wije Dias |
20 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
18 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
7 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
67246 |
99.16% |
| Rejected |
570 |
0.84% |
| Polled |
67816 |
79.91% |
| Electors |
84867 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
30040 |
53% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
21330 |
37.63% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
4231 |
7.46% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
195 |
0.34% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
182 |
0.32% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
154 |
0.27% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
145 |
0.26% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
100 |
0.18% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
99 |
0.17% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
72 |
0.13% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
58 |
0.1% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
40 |
0.07% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
34 |
0.06% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
56680 |
98.11% |
| Rejected |
1090 |
1.89% |
| Polled |
57770 |
75.11% |
| Electors |
76916 |
|
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