| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
35319 |
63.81% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
19288 |
34.84% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
216 |
0.39% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
191 |
0.35% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
96 |
0.17% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
68 |
0.12% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
51 |
0.09% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
42 |
0.08% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
30 |
0.05% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
29 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
11 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
8 |
0.01% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
5 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
55354 |
99.26% |
| Rejected |
415 |
0.74% |
| Polled |
55769 |
76.39% |
| Electors |
73005 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
25363 |
51.24% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
18844 |
38.07% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
4539 |
9.17% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
155 |
0.31% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
107 |
0.22% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
100 |
0.2% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
99 |
0.2% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
84 |
0.17% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
62 |
0.13% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
56 |
0.11% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
47 |
0.09% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
24 |
0.05% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
15 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
49495 |
98.09% |
| Rejected |
963 |
1.91% |
| Polled |
50458 |
73.88% |
| Electors |
68296 |
|
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