Yang Berbahagia Dato'
Zainal Abidin Ahmad
DPMS
زين العابدين أحمد‎
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Hulu Selangor, Selangor
In office
8 March 2008 – 25 March 2010
Preceded byG. Palanivel (MIC) – (BN)
Succeeded byP. Kamalanathan (MIC) – (BN)
Deputy Menteri Besar of Selangor
In office
1995–1999
Member of the State Assembly of Selangor for Dusun Tua
In office
1990–2004
Succeeded byRahmad Musa (UMNO) – (BN)
Personal details
Born10 October 1939
Selangor, British Malaya
Died25 March 2010(2010-03-25) (aged 70)
Political partyKeadilan – Pakatan Rakyat (formerly UMNO)
SpouseSiti Zaharah Mohd Zin
Children4
OccupationPolitician

Dato' Zainal Abidin Ahmad (10 October 1939 – 25 March 2010[1]) was a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Hulu Selangor constituency in Selangor until his death in 2010. He was a member of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) party in the Pakatan Rakyat opposition coalition.

Zainal Abidin was a member of the State Assembly of Selangor from 1990 for the UMNO party before being omitted from the ticket of the governing Barisan Nasional coalition for the 2004 election.[2] From 1995 to 1999, he served as Deputy Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) and on the Selangor Executive Council.[3]

Zainal Abidin switched to the opposition Keadilan party in 2005.[4] In the 2008 election, Zainal won the federal seat of Hulu Selangor, unseating the incumbent Barisan Nasional member by a narrow margin of 198 votes.[5]

Zainal Abidin died on 25 March 2010 from brain cancer, triggering a by-election in Hulu Selangor which was won by YB P. Kamalanathan of (MIC) – (BN).

Election results

Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1990 N22 Dusun Tua Zainal Abidin Ahmad (UMNO) 11,153 75.18% Mohd Arbawi Mohd Anuar (S46) 3,683 24.82% 15,615 7,470 78.01%
1995 Zainal Abidin Ahmad (UMNO) 12,437 88.07% Mohd Arbawi Mohd Anuar (S46) 1,685 11.93% 15,022 10,752 73.27%
1999 Zainal Abidin Ahmad (UMNO) 9,518 61.61% Md. Fadzil Hassan (PAS) 5,930 38.39% 16,085 3,588 76.58%
Parliament of Malaysia[5]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2008 P094 Hulu Selangor, Selangor Zainal Abidin Ahmad (PKR) 23,177 50.21% G. Palanivel (MIC) 22,979 49.79% 47,845 198 75.24%

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Hulu Selangor MP Dr Zainal Abidin dies (Update)". The Star. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Uncle may make way for nephew in Kota Damansara". The Star. 16 February 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Habibu, Sira (3 January 2010). "Hulu Selangor's Zainal rubbishes resignation rumours". The Star. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Fainting spell causes excitement at KKB". The Star. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  6. ↑ "DPMS 1993". awards.selangor.gov.my.
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