Vidyananthan Ramanadhan

Vidyananthan a/l Ramanadhan is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kahang since March 2008. He served as Member of the Johor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteri Besar Hasni Mohammad from March 2020 to March 2022 for the second term and under former Menteri Besar Mohamed Khaled Nordin from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN state administration in May 2018 for the first term. He is a member and State Chairman of Johor of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the BN coalition.

Yang Berhormat Tuan
Vidyananthan Ramanadhan
MLA PSI
வித்யானந்தன் ராமநாதன்
Member of the
Johor State Executive Council
(Unity and Human Resources :
14 May 2013–12 May 2018 &
Health and Environment :
6 March 2020–15 March 2022)
In office
6 March 2020 – 15 March 2022
MonarchIbrahim Ismail
Menteri BesarHasni Mohammad
Preceded byMohd Khuzzan Abu Bakar
(Health)
Tan Chen Choon
(Environment)
Succeeded byLing Tian Soon
(Health)
Raven Kumar Krishnasamy
(Environment)
ConstituencyKahang
In office
14 May 2013 – 12 May 2018
MonarchIbrahim Ismail
Menteri BesarMohamed Khaled Nordin
Preceded byAsojan Muniyandy
Succeeded byRamakrishnan Suppiah
ConstituencyKahang
Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly
for Kahang
Assumed office
8 March 2008
Preceded byRamis Subramaniam
(BN–MIC)
Majority5,324 (2008)
7,801 (2013)
2,861 (2018)
6,698 (2022)
Personal details
BornJohor, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyMalaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(aligned:2020-2022)
ParentD. Ramanadhan (father)
OccupationPolitician

Personal life

Death of father

In the morning of 10 July 2022, the father of Vidyananthan namely D. Ramanadhan passed away at the age of 79 at Batu Pahat Hospital, Johor due to old age and leaving behind two children including Vidyananthan and two grandchildren. Ramanadhan is the former senior assistant of SK Pendidikan Khas Princess Elizabeth Johor Baru and former headmaster of SKPK St Nicholas Penang and SKPK Alma Penang. The funeral rites for Ramanadhan were held at Jalan Azizul Rahman, Kamunting in Taiping, Perak at 2 pm the next day on 11 July 2022. His remains were cremated at the Prestavest Memorial Park Taiping on the same day.[1]

Election results
Johor State Legislative Assembly[2][3][4]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2008 Kahang Vidyananthan Ramanadhan (MIC) 9,272 70.14% Abdul Halim Mohamad Dawam (PKR) 3,948 29.86% 13,648 5,324 79.83%
2013 Vidyananthan Ramanadhan (MIC) 13,955 69.40% Hamdan Basiran (PKR) 6,154 30.60% 20,494 7,801 87.71%
2018 Vidyananthan Ramanadhan (MIC) 10,768 57.66% Noorlihan Ariffin (PPBM) 7,907 42.34% 19,132 2,861 84.10%
2022 Vidyananthan Ramanadhan (MIC) 10,486 62.69% Daud Yusof (BERSATU) 3,788 22.64% 16,728 6,698 57.01%
Rahani Banu Abd Rahman Krishnan (AMANAH) 2,181 13.04%
Rosdi Amir (PEJUANG) 273 1.63%

Honours

References
  1. "Johor MIC chief's father passes away". The Star. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  2. "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  3. "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  4. "Dashboard SPR". dashboard.spr.gov.my. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  5. "TMJ dahului 83 penerima pingat darjah kebesaran Johor". Harian Metro (in Malay). 31 March 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2021.


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