| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
36615 |
64.56% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
19290 |
34.01% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
247 |
0.44% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
211 |
0.37% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
81 |
0.14% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
57 |
0.10% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
56 |
0.10% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
47 |
0.08% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
38 |
0.07% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
30 |
0.05% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
19 |
0.03% |
 |
Wije Dias |
16 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
6 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
56713 |
99.37% |
| Rejected |
362 |
0.63% |
| Polled |
57075 |
78.33% |
| Electors |
72862 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
24492 |
49.85% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
18140 |
36.92% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
5691 |
11.58% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
136 |
0.28% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
118 |
0.24% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
116 |
0.24% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
101 |
0.21% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
81 |
0.16% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
80 |
0.16% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
69 |
0.14% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
40 |
0.08% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
37 |
0.08% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
29 |
0.06% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
49130 |
98.16% |
| Rejected |
919 |
1.84% |
| Polled |
50049 |
73.23% |
| Electors |
68349 |
|
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