Presidential election results - 21 December 1999
| Chandrika Kumaratunge | People’s Alliance | 4,312,157 | 51.12% |
| Ranil Wickremasinghe | United National Party | 3,602,748 | 42.72% |
| Nandana Gunatillaka | People’s Liberation Front | 344,173 | 4.08% |
| H Wijayatunge | Sons of the Soil Party | 35,854 | 0.43% |
| WAM Ranjith | Independent candidate | 27,052 | 0.32% |
| Rajiva Wijesinghe | Liberal Party | 25,085 | 0.30% |
| Vasudeva Nanayakkara | Independent candidate | 23,668 | 0.28% |
| Tennyson Edirisuriya | Independent candidate | 21,119 | 0.25% |
| Abdul Razool | Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 17,359 | 0.21% |
| Kamal Karunadasa | Liberation Solidarity Front | 11,333 | 0.13% |
| Hudson Samarasinghe | Independent candidate | 7,184 | 0.09% |
| Ariyawansa Dissanayake | Democratic United National Front | 4,039 | 0.05% |
| Alwis Premawardhana | Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna | 3,983 | 0.05% |
| Registered voters | 11,779,180 |
| Valid votes | 8,435,754 |
| Rejected votes | 199,536 |
| Total polled | 8,635,290 |
| Percentage polled | 73.3 |