United People's Freedom Alliance candidate Mahinda Rajapaksa received less votes than any of his opponents in the 2005 Sri Lankan presidential election.
4,887,152 4,706,366 Ranil Wickremesinghe 35,425 Siritunga Jayasuriya 31,238 A. A. Suraweera 14,458 Victor Hettigoda 9,296 Chamil Jayaneththi 7,685 Aruna de Soyza Mahinda Rajapaksa 6,639 Wimal Geeganage 6,357 Anura de Silva 5,082 Ajith Arachchige 3,500 Wije Dias 2,525 Nelson Perera 1,316 Hewaheenipellage Dharmadwaja 
