M. A. M. Maharoof

Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed Maharoof (born 25 April 1957; also known as Sinna Maharoof) is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.

Hon.

M. A. M. Maharoof

MP MPC
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for Trincomalee District
Assumed office
17 August 2015
In office
5 December 2000 – 7 February 2004
Member of the Eastern Provincial Council for Trincomalee District
In office
2008–2012
Personal details
Born (1957-04-25) 25 April 1957
Political partyAll Ceylon Makkal Congress
Other political
affiliations		United National Front for Good Governance
EthnicitySri Lankan Moor

Early life

Maharoof was born on 25 April 1957.[1] He is a cousin of Imran Maharoof, Member of Parliament.[2]

Career

Maharoof contested the 2000 parliamentary election as one of the United National Party's (UNP) candidates in Trincomalee District. He was elected and entered Parliament.[3] He was re-elected at the 2001 parliamentary election as a United National Front (UNF) candidate.[4] He contested the 2004 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) candidate but failed to get re-elected after coming fourth amongst the SLMC candidates.[5]

Maharoof contested the 2008 provincial council election as one of the UNF's candidates in Trincomalee District and was elected to the Eastern Provincial Council.[6] He contested the 2012 provincial council election as a UNP candidate but failed to get re-elected after coming second amongst the UNP candidates.[7]

Maharoof was one of the United National Front for Good Governance's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2015 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament.[8][9][10]

Electoral history
Electoral history of M. A. M. Maharoof
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
2000 parliamentary[3]Trincomalee DistrictUNP21,348Elected
2001 parliamentary[4]Trincomalee DistrictUNF25,264Elected
2004 parliamentary[5]Trincomalee DistrictSLMC16,617Not elected
2008 provincialTrincomalee DistrictUNFElected
2012 provincial[7]Trincomalee DistrictUNP9,827Not elected
2015 parliamentary[11]Trincomalee DistrictUNFGG35,456Elected

References
  1. "Directory of Members: Abdullah Mahrooff". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. Santiago, Melanie (18 August 2015). "General Election 2015: Full list of preferential votes". News First.
  3. "General Election 2000 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-26.
  4. "General Election 2001 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-04.
  5. "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-04.
  6. "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Eastern Province Provincial Council" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1549/17. 15 May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2014.
  7. "Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-29.
  8. "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1928/03. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
  9. "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
  10. "Preferential Votes". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
  11. Jayakody, Pradeep (28 August 2015). "The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
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