| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
26365 |
50.36% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
25456 |
48.63% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
156 |
0.30% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
115 |
0.22% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
63 |
0.12% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
57 |
0.11% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
36 |
0.07% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
29 |
0.06% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
25 |
0.05% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
16 |
0.03% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
15 |
0.03% |
 |
Wije Dias |
11 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
6 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
52350 |
99.26% |
| Rejected |
392 |
0.74% |
| Polled |
52742 |
78.69% |
| Electors |
67023 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
22991 |
53.16% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
18484 |
42.74% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1197 |
2.77% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
103 |
0.24% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
101 |
0.23% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
99 |
0.23% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
74 |
0.17% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
58 |
0.13% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
53 |
0.12% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
34 |
0.08% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
32 |
0.07% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
15 |
0.03% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
11 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
43252 |
98.11% |
| Rejected |
835 |
1.89% |
| Polled |
44087 |
75.14% |
| Electors |
58677 |
|
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