e•d Summary of the 17 November 2005 Sri Lanka presidential election results
| Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Mahinda Rajapakse |
United People's Freedom Alliance |
4,887,152 |
50.29 |
| Ranil Wickremesinghe |
United National Party |
4,706,366 |
48.43 |
| Siritunga Jayasuriya |
United Socialist Party |
35,425 |
0.36 |
| Ashoka Suraweera |
Jathika Sangwardhena Peramuna |
31,238 |
0.32 |
| Victor Hettigoda |
Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya |
14,458 |
0.15 |
| Chamil Jayaneththi |
New Left Front |
9,296 |
0.10 |
| Aruna de Soyza |
Ruhunu Janatha Party |
7,685 |
0.08 |
| Wimal Geeganage |
Sri Lanka National Front |
6,639 |
0.07 |
| Anura de Silva |
United Lalith Front |
6,357 |
0.07 |
| Ajith Arachchige |
Democratic Unity Alliance |
5,082 |
0.05 |
| Wije Dias |
Socialist Equality Party |
3,500 |
0.04 |
| Nelson Perera |
Sri Lanka Progressive Front |
2,525 |
0.03 |
| H. Dharmadwaja |
United National Alternative Front |
1,316 |
0.01 |
| Total |
9,717,039 |
|
| Registered Voters |
13,327,160 |
|
| Total Votes cast |
9,826,778 |
| Invalid Votes |
109,739 |
| Valid Votes cast |
9,717,039 |
