By-election on for Kimanis parliamentary seat

The Federal Court today upheld the decision of the election court that declared the Kimanis parliamentary constituency election, which was won by former foreign minister Anifah Aman, null and void.

A five-member bench led by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat said there was no error by the election judge in the finding of facts.

“There were numerous discrepancies in the conduct and widespread non-compliance of the election laws,” she said of the unanimous ruling.

She said this had affected the outcome of the polls.

Anifah, a former Umno member, won the Kimanis seat by a slender margin of 156 votes, obtaining 11,942 votes while Karim Bujang, who represented Warisan, garnered 11,786 votes.

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