M. A. M. Maharoof Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	Hon.
M. A. M. Maharoof
Honorific-Suffix:	MP MPC
Constituency Mp1:	Trincomalee District
Parliament1:	Sri Lankan
Term Start1:	17 August 2015
Term Start2:	5 December 2000
Term End2:	7 February 2004
Office3:	Member of the Eastern Provincial Council for Trincomalee District
Term Start3:	2008
Term End3:	2012
Birth Date:	25 April 1957
Party:	All Ceylon Makkal Congress
Otherparty:	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

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Constituency	scope=col	Party	scope=col	Votes	scope=col	Result
				Elected
				Elected
				Not elected
				Elected
				Not elected
2015 parliamentary^[11]				Elected

Notes and References

1. Web site: Directory of Members: Abdullah Mahrooff. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
2. News: Santiago. Melanie. General Election 2015: Full list of preferential votes. News First. 18 August 2015.
3. Web site: General Election 2000 Preferences . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100826002922/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/preference2000GE.PDF . 2010-08-26 .
4. Web site: General Election 2001 Preferences . https://web.archive.org/web/20100304015155/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/preference2001GE.pdf . dead . 2010-03-04 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
5. Web site: General Election 2004 Preferences . https://web.archive.org/web/20100304015514/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Preference2004GE.pdf . dead . 2010-03-04 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
6. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Eastern Province Provincial Council . 15 May 2008 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1549/17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140525195143/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2008/pdf/May/1549_17/1549_17E.pdf . 25 May 2014 .
7. Web site: Preferences . https://web.archive.org/web/20140429044507/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/ele_2012/Candidates/Trinco_FREV.pdf . dead . 2014-04-29 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
8. PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223730/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Aug/1928_03/1928_03%20E.pdf . dead . 23 September 2015 . 19 August 2015 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1928/03 .
9. News: Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
10. News: Preferential Votes . https://archive.today/20150820025307/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=political/preferential-votes-2 . dead . 20 August 2015 . . 19 August 2015 .
11. News: Jayakody. Pradeep. The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 28 August 2015.