Hon.
M. A. M. Maharoof
MP MPC
Member of 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

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

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. 1 2 "General Election 2000 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-26.
  4. 1 2 "General Election 2001 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-04.
  5. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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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