He is a member and the Division Chief of Kuala Nerus of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.

He graduated from Universiti Putra Malaysia with a Masters in Science and rose through the ranks of his local UMNO division.

[1] In 2008, he was elected to the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly for the seat of Seberang Takir, defeating a People's Justice Party (PKR) candidate.

In response, the coalition's national leader, and the Prime Minister, Najib Razak, pressured Ahmad Said to resign within a year.

The three assemblymen returned to the party within days, after the intervention of Najib and other senior Barisan Nasional leaders.