| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
52947 |
57.25% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
38163 |
41.27% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
398 |
0.43% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
324 |
0.35% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
142 |
0.15% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
110 |
0.12% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
107 |
0.12% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
97 |
0.10% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
66 |
0.07% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
57 |
0.06% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
34 |
0.04% |
 |
Wije Dias |
24 |
0.03% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
10 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
92479 |
98.97% |
| Rejected |
961 |
1.03% |
| Polled |
93440 |
80.56% |
| Electors |
115991 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
39343 |
51.39% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
29473 |
38.5% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
5942 |
7.76% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
344 |
0.45% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
331 |
0.43% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
305 |
0.4% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
220 |
0.29% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
195 |
0.25% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
133 |
0.17% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
101 |
0.13% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
75 |
0.1% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
52 |
0.07% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
45 |
0.06% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
76559 |
97.86% |
| Rejected |
1676 |
2.14% |
| Polled |
78235 |
77.9% |
| Electors |
100436 |
|
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