| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
43251 |
53.02% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
37253 |
45.67% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
276 |
0.34% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
259 |
0.32% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
111 |
0.14% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
91 |
0.11% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
83 |
0.10% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
73 |
0.09% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
73 |
0.09% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
48 |
0.06% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
27 |
0.03% |
 |
Wije Dias |
14 |
0.02% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
13 |
0.02% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
81572 |
99.13% |
| Rejected |
720 |
0.87% |
| Polled |
82292 |
82.10% |
| Electors |
100230 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
38665 |
54.29% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
29298 |
41.14% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1914 |
2.69% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
245 |
0.34% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
230 |
0.32% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
202 |
0.28% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
176 |
0.25% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
156 |
0.22% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
115 |
0.16% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
106 |
0.15% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
45 |
0.06% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
32 |
0.04% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
31 |
0.04% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
71215 |
98.25% |
| Rejected |
1267 |
1.75% |
| Polled |
72482 |
80.97% |
| Electors |
89518 |
|
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