| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Tuan |
| Vidyananthan Ramanadhan | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | PSI II MLA |
| Native Name: | வித்யானந்தன் ராமநாதன் |
| Birth Place: | Johor, Malaysia |
| Office1: | Member of the Johor State Executive Council |
| Monarch1: | Ibrahim Iskandar |
| 1Blankname1: | Menteri Besar |
| 1Namedata1: | Hasni Mohammad |
| Term Start1: | 6 March 2020 |
| Term End1: | 15 March 2022 |
| Predecessor1: | Mohd Khuzzan Abu Bakar Tan Chen Choon |
| Successor1: | Ling Tian Soon Raven Kumar Krishnasamy |
| Constituency1: | Kahang |
| Monarch2: | Ibrahim Iskandar |
| 1Blankname2: | Menteri Besar |
| 1Namedata2: | Mohamed Khaled Nordin |
| Term Start2: | 14 May 2013 |
| Term End2: | 12 May 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Asojan Muniyandy |
| Successor2: | Ramakrishnan Suppiah |
| Constituency2: | Kahang |
| Constituency Am3: | Kahang |
| Assembly3: | Johor State Legislative |
| Majority3: | 5,324 (2008) 7,801 (2013) 2,861 (2018) 6,698 (2022) |
| Term Start3: | 8 March 2008 |
| Predecessor3: | Ramis Subramaniam (BN–MIC) |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Party: | Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
| Parents: | D. Ramanadhan (father) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
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.
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]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | N31 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% | ||||||||||