PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan said the party is ready for a by-election even though the court’s decision did not favour them.

“We will not appeal the decision, and we are ready to face an election once again. If we want to dispute (the election) results, we could have done so easily,” Takiyuddin was quoted as saying in PAS mouthpiece Harakahdaily.

“Even when the Umno president won by 300 votes (Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in Bagan Datuk), we did not file a petition.

“But in Kuala Terengganu, where we won by over 30,000 votes, they are still not satisfied.”

On June 27, the Terengganu election court nullified the victory by PAS’ Ahmad Amzad Hashim in the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary seat in GE15 following allegations of vote-buying.

Ahmad won the seat after garnering a majority of 40,907 votes, beating Barisan Nasional’s Zubir Embong.

The seat has been held by PAS since 2013.

Ahmad, a former deputy science, technology and innovation minister, had first won the seat in 2018.

Previously, Terengganu Umno filed three election petitions to challenge Perikatan Nasional’s GE15 victories in Marang, Kuala Terengganu and Kemaman.

Umno alleged that there was vote-buying during the campaign period and that most households in the constituencies received RM500 to RM1,000 each.

PN’s wins in Marang and Kemaman, by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang and Che Alias Hamid respectively, were upheld by election courts.