PUTRAJAYA (Dec 2): There will be another by-election in Sabah as former foreign minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman lost his appeal at the Federal Court over the Kota Kinabalu Election Court's decision to nullify his Kimanis parliament seat result during last year's general elections.

The decision was made by a five-member bench led by Chief Justice Tan Sri Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat that also included Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Datuk Wong Dak Wah.

"There were numerous discrepancies in the conduct and widespread non-compliance of the election laws," Justice Tengku Maimun said of the unanimous ruling, according to a Free Malaysia Today report.

She said this had affected the outcome of the polls.

The other members of the bench were Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Azahar Mohamed and Federal Court judges Datuk Rohana Yusuff and Datuk P Nalini.

With the decision today, a by-election has to be called within 60 days as stipulated in the constitution.