Vidyananthan a/l Ramanadhan is a

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who has served as Member of the

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(MLA) for

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since March 2008. He served as Member of the

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(EXCO) in the

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(BN) state administration under former Menteri Besar

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from March 2020 to March 2022 for the second term and under former Menteri Besar

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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

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of the

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(MIC), a component party of the BN coalition.

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.

Election results

References

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