| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Datuk Seri |
| R.S. Thanenthiran | |
| Birth Date: | 4 July 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Sungai Petani, Kedah, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Nationality: | Malaysian |
| Party: | Malaysia Makkal Sakti Party (MMSP) |
| Occupation: | Teacher (1985 - 1993) Businessman (1993 - present) |
| Children: | 3 |
Datuk Seri R.S. Thanenthiran (born 4 July 1963) is a Malaysian politician and businessman. He is the founder and current president of the Malaysia Makkal Sakti Party (MMSP).[1] [2]
Thanenthiran was born on 4 July 1963 at Sungai Petani, Kedah.[1] In 1990, he married Vaney Maniam and they have three children. Before entering politics Thanenthiran worked as a teacher.
Thanenthiran and the MMSP's main ideology is to develop the education level of Malaysian Indians. Thanenthiran has called on political leaders to adopt at least one Tamil school.[3]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | P047 Nibong Tebal | Thanenthiran Ramankutty (MMSP) | 10,660 | 13.44% | Fadhlina Sidek (PKR) | 42,188 | 53.20% | 79,308 | 16,293 | 79.26% | |||
| bgcolor= | Mansor Othman (BERSATU) | 25,895 | 32.65% | ||||||||||
| Goh Kheng Huat (IND) | 565 | 0.71% | |||||||||||