[1] He belongs to the Indian National Congress and was the MLA for Kazhakkuttom in the Kerala Legislative Assembly for 15 years.
[2] Vaheed entered politics through KSU, the students' wing of Indian National Congress in Kerala.
[1] Vaheed also served as the general secretary of Thiruvananthapuram District Congress Committee, member of Governing Body and Accounts Committee of Agricultural University, chairman of Councillor and Opposition Leader of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation.
[2] In the 2016 Assembly elections, he lost to Communist Party of India (Marxist)'s Kadakampally Surendran by a margin of 11,477 votes.
He has six elder brothers (Rasheed, Azeez, Gafoor, Shukoor, Sathar, Vahab) and a sister (Hafsa Beevi).