M. A. M. Maharoof

M. A. M. Maharoof
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 (age 67)
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

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

Career

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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

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Electoral history of M. A. M. Maharoof
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
2000 parliamentary[3] Trincomalee District UNP 21,348 Elected
2001 parliamentary[4] Trincomalee District UNF 25,264 Elected
2004 parliamentary[5] Trincomalee District SLMC 16,617 Not elected
2008 provincial Trincomalee District UNF Elected
2012 provincial[7] Trincomalee District UNP 9,827 Not elected
2015 parliamentary[11] Trincomalee District UNFGG 35,456 Elected

References

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