| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Dato' Dr. |
| Zainal Abidin Ahmad | |
| Birth Date: | 10 October 1939 |
| Birth Place: | Selangor, British Malaya |
| Constituency Mp: | Hulu Selangor |
| Parliament: | Malaysian |
| Term Start: | 8 March 2008 |
| Term End: | 25 March 2010 |
| Predecessor: | Palanivel Govindasamy (BN–MIC) |
| Successor: | P. Kamalanathan (BN–MIC) |
| Office2: | Deputy Menteri Besar of Selangor |
| Term Start2: | 1995 |
| Term End2: | 1999 |
| Monarch2: | Salahuddin |
| 1Blankname2: | Menteri Besar |
| 1Namedata2: | Muhammad Muhammad Taib Abu Hassan Omar |
| Constituency2: | Dusun Tua |
| Term Start3: | 1990 |
| Term End3: | 2004 |
| Constituency Am3: | Dusun Tua |
| Assembly3: | Selangor State Legislative |
| Successor3: | Rahmad Musa (BN–UMNO) |
| Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) People's Justice Party (PKR) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Spouse: | Siti Zaharah Mohd Zin |
| Children: | 4 |
| Native Name: | Malay: {{Script|Arab|زين العابدين أحمد |
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).
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | N22 Dusun Tua | (UMNO) | 11,153 | 75.18% | Mohd Arbawi Mohd Anuar (S46) | 3,683 | 24.82% | 15,615 | 7,470 | 78.01% | ||||
| 1995 | (UMNO) | 12,437 | 88.07% | Mohd Arbawi Mohd Anuar (S46) | 1,685 | 11.93% | 15,022 | 10,752 | 73.27% | |||||
| 1999 | (UMNO) | 9,518 | 61.61% | Md. Fadzil Hassan (PAS) | 5,930 | 38.39% | 16,085 | 3,588 | 76.58% | |||||
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | P094 Hulu Selangor | (PKR) | 23,177 | 50.21% | Palanivel Govindasamy (MIC) | 22,979 | 49.79% | 47,845 | 198 | 75.24% | |||||