[1] He grew up in the Klang Valley and attended Sin Min Chinese School in Sungai Besar, Selangor before completing secondary school at SMK Desa Cemerlang (Ulu Tiram), Johor.
[2] He joined PKR in 2008 and was the first person to be prosecuted under the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 for organising the Blackout 505 rally in Johor in 2013.
[2] After Santhara defected, Yuneswaran was selected by PKR and he won in the 2022 General election by a comfortable majority of 5,669 votes over MIC’s M Ramasamy, with Perikatan Nasional’s P Poobalan trailing in third.
[6] Eventually, on 8 November 2023, Election Court judge Rohani Ismail allowed Ramasamy’s application to discontinue the petition.
[7] Following his election Yuneswaran called for flood mitigation and transport infrastructure upgrades in northern Johor to be made a priority.