| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
29227 |
52.05% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
26367 |
46.96% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
131 |
0.23% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
96 |
0.17% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
96 |
0.17% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
50 |
0.09% |
 |
Wije Dias |
48 |
0.09% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
41 |
0.07% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
33 |
0.06% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
30 |
0.05% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
13 |
0.02% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
13 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
5 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
56150 |
99.21% |
| Rejected |
445 |
0.79% |
| Polled |
56595 |
71.07% |
| Electors |
79631 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
26152 |
55.53% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
19079 |
40.51% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1285 |
2.73% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
111 |
0.24% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
96 |
0.2% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
69 |
0.15% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
68 |
0.14% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
66 |
0.14% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
63 |
0.13% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
48 |
0.1% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
24 |
0.05% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
16 |
0.03% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
15 |
0.03% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
47092 |
98.24% |
| Rejected |
846 |
1.76% |
| Polled |
47938 |
69.86% |
| Electors |
68620 |
|
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