Malaysian politician
Zaidi bin Attan (born 4 October 1968) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Deputy Member of the Melaka State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Chief Minister Ab Rauf Yusoh and Member Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman since April 2023 for the second term and under former Chief Minister Idris Haron and former Members Abdul Ghafar Atan and Lim Ban Hong from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018 for the first term. He also served as Member of the Melaka EXCO in the BN state administration under former Chief Minister Sulaiman Md Ali from November 2021 to March 2023. He has also served as Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Serkam since May 2013. He is also the Deputy Chairman of Syarikat Air Melaka Berhad (SAMB). He is a member and Vice Division Chief of Jasin of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. His appointment as a Deputy EXCO Member in April 2023 is a demotion as he was previously appointed an EXCO Member in November 2021. This has rarely happened in the Malaysian politics.
Election results
Malacca State Legislative Assembly[1][2][3][4]
Year
|
Constituency
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
Pct
|
Opponent(s)
|
Votes
|
Pct
|
Ballots cast
|
Majority
|
Turnout
|
2013
|
N26 Serkam
|
|
Zaidi Attan (UMNO)
|
8,715
|
63.02%
|
|
Kamarudin Sedik (PAS)
|
5,115
|
36.98%
|
14,015
|
3,600
|
90.40%
|
2018
|
|
Zaidi Attan (UMNO)
|
6,401
|
47.46%
|
|
Nor Khairi Yusof (AMANAH)
|
3,664
|
27.16%
|
13,722
|
2,737
|
87.10%
|
|
Ahmad Bilal Rahudin (PAS)
|
3,423
|
25.38%
|
2021
|
|
Zaidi Attan (UMNO)
|
5,038
|
43.31%
|
|
Ahmad Bilal Rahaudin (PAS)
|
4,959
|
42.64%
|
11,631
|
79
|
72.80%
|
|
Mohd Khomeini Kamal (AMANAH)
|
1,535
|
13.20%
|
|
Norazlanshah Hazali (IND)
|
99
|
0.85%
|
Honours
References