| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
40027 |
61.52% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
24225 |
37.23% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
242 |
0.37% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
226 |
0.35% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
66 |
0.10% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
53 |
0.08% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
52 |
0.08% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
50 |
0.08% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
48 |
0.07% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
36 |
0.06% |
 |
Wije Dias |
15 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
13 |
0.02% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
12 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
65065 |
99.13% |
| Rejected |
568 |
0.87% |
| Polled |
65633 |
77.57% |
| Electors |
84614 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
30939 |
56.59% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
19183 |
35.09% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
3674 |
6.72% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
219 |
0.4% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
123 |
0.22% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
116 |
0.21% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
114 |
0.21% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
87 |
0.16% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
71 |
0.13% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
67 |
0.12% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
35 |
0.06% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
26 |
0.05% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
20 |
0.04% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
54674 |
98.16% |
| Rejected |
1027 |
1.84% |
| Polled |
55701 |
71.12% |
| Electors |
78320 |
|
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