| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
37641 |
64.63% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
19771 |
33.95% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
229 |
0.39% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
197 |
0.34% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
84 |
0.14% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
78 |
0.13% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
58 |
0.10% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
55 |
0.09% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
47 |
0.08% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
37 |
0.06% |
 |
Wije Dias |
17 |
0.03% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
14 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
9 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
58237 |
99.22% |
| Rejected |
458 |
0.78% |
| Polled |
58695 |
77.28% |
| Electors |
75953 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
28515 |
56.97% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
17689 |
35.34% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
2997 |
5.99% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
201 |
0.4% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
147 |
0.29% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
126 |
0.25% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
106 |
0.21% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
68 |
0.14% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
68 |
0.14% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
50 |
0.1% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
41 |
0.08% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
24 |
0.05% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
22 |
0.04% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
50054 |
98.26% |
| Rejected |
887 |
1.74% |
| Polled |
50941 |
72.61% |
| Electors |
70157 |
|
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