| 2005 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Mahinda Rajapaksha |
22653 |
49.71% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
22087 |
48.47% |
 |
Siritunga Jayasuriya |
272 |
0.60% |
 |
Ashoka Suraweera |
248 |
0.54% |
 |
Victor Hettigoda |
69 |
0.15% |
 |
Wimal Geeganage |
52 |
0.11% |
 |
Chamil Jayaneththi |
51 |
0.11% |
 |
Anura De Silva |
37 |
0.08% |
 |
Aruna De Zoysa |
36 |
0.08% |
 |
J.A. Ajith Kumara |
23 |
0.05% |
 |
Wije Dias |
21 |
0.05% |
 |
P. Nelson Perera |
18 |
0.04% |
 |
Shantha Dharmadwaja |
6 |
0.01% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
45573 |
98.86% |
| Rejected |
526 |
1.14% |
| Polled |
46099 |
79.26% |
| Electors |
58163 |
|
| |
|
|
| 1999 |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
 |
Chandrika Kumaratunga |
19771 |
48.16% |
 |
Ranil Wickramasinghe |
19062 |
46.43% |
 |
Nandana Gunathilaka |
1202 |
2.93% |
 |
Rajiva Wijesinha |
205 |
0.5% |
 |
W.V.M. Ranjith |
201 |
0.49% |
 |
Tennyson Edirisuriya |
179 |
0.44% |
 |
Harishchandra W'tunga |
146 |
0.36% |
 |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara |
75 |
0.18% |
 |
Abdul Rasool |
66 |
0.16% |
 |
Kamal Karunadasa |
57 |
0.14% |
 |
Hudson Samarasinghe |
45 |
0.11% |
 |
Alwis Premawardhana |
27 |
0.07% |
 |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka |
20 |
0.05% |
| Statistics |
| Valid |
41056 |
98.09% |
| Rejected |
801 |
1.91% |
| Polled |
41857 |
76.88% |
| Electors |
54448 |
|
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