Barisan Nasional

{{Short description|Political party coalition in Malaysia}}

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| name = Barisan Nasional

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| name_lang1 = National Front

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| abbreviation = BN

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| chairman = Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

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| secretary_general = Zambry Abdul Kadir

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| leader1_title = Deputy Chairman

| leader1_name = Mohamad Hasan

| leader2_title = Vice Chairman

| leader2_name = {{ubl|Wee Ka Siong|Vigneswaran Sanasee|Arthur Joseph Kurup}}

| leader3_title = Advisor

| leader3_name = Najib Razak

| leader4_title = Treasurer-General

| leader4_name = Johari Abdul Ghani

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| founder = Abdul Razak Hussein

| founded = {{start date|df=yes|1974|6|1}}{{Cite book|author1=Joseph Liow|author2=Michael Leifer|title=Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G5KLBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA102|date=20 November 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-62233-8|pages=102–}}

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| legalised = 1 June 1974

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| predecessor = Alliance

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| successor = Gabungan Parti Sarawak
{{small|(in Sarawak)}} {{small|(2018)}}

| headquarters = Aras 8, Menara Dato’ Onn, Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur

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| student_wing = Barisan Nasional Student Movement

| youth_wing = Barisan Nasional Youth Movement

| womens_wing = Barisan Nasional Women Movement

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| ideology = {{ubl|Majority:|Conservatism (Malaysian)|Social conservatismTimothy J. Lomperis, September 1996, 'From People's War to People's Rule: Insurgency, Intervention, and the Lessons of Vietnam', page 212, {{ISBN|0807822736}}|National conservatism|Economic liberalism}}{{list collapsed|title=Factions:|Ketuanan Melayu{{Cite web|url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/tak/47/1/47_KJ00005849019/_pdf|title=The Politics of National Identity in West Malaysia: Continued Mutation or Critical Transition? [The Politics of Ambiguity]|author=Helen Ting|work=Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University|publisher=J-Stage|volume=47|page=3/21 [33] and 5/21 [35]|format=PDF|quote=UMNO came into being in 1946 under the impetus of the Anti-Malayan Union Movement based on this ideological understanding of ketuanan Melayu. Its founding president, Dato’ Onn Jaafar, once said that the UMNO movement did not adhere to any ideology other than Melayuisme, defined by scholar Ariffin Omar as “the belief that the interests of the bangsa Melayu must be upheld over all else”. Malay political dominance is a fundamental reality of Malaysian politics, notwithstanding the fact that the governing coalition since independence, the Alliance [subsequently expanded to form the Barisan Nasional or literally, the “National Front”], is multiethnic in its composition.}}{{Cite book|author1=Jinna Tay|author2=Graeme Turner|title=Television Histories in Asia: Issues and Contexts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IxU-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA127|date=24 July 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-00807-9|pages=127–}}
Malaysian Chinese interests
Malaysian Indian interests
Dravidian movement}}

| position = Centre-right to right-wing

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| national = Perikatan Nasional {{small|(2020–2022)}}{{refn|From March 2020 to July 2021 as a junior partner in a coalition government, senior partner from August 2021 to October 2022|group=nb}}
National Unity Government {{small|(since 2022)}}

| regional = Gabungan Rakyat Sabah {{small|(2020–2023)}}
Gabungan Parti Sarawak {{small|(since 2020)}}

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| colours = {{ubl|{{Color box|{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}|border=darkgray}} Royal blue|{{Color box|white|border=darkgray}} Sky white}}

| slogan = {{lang|ms|Rakyat Didahulukan}}
{{small|(People's First, Nation First)}}
{{lang|ms|Hidup Rakyat}}
{{small|(Long Live the People!)}}
{{lang|ms|Bersama Barisan Nasional}}
{{small|(With the National Front)}}
{{lang|ms|Hidup Negaraku}}
{{small|(Long Live the Nation!)}}
{{lang|ms|Kestabilan dan Kemakmuran}}
{{small|(Stability and Prosperity)}}

| anthem = Barisan Nasional{{Cite web|url=https://umno-online.my/lagu/|title=Lagu UMNO Rasmi - UMNO Online|date=30 May 2018|website=umno-online.my}}146px

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| seats3_title = State Legislative Assemblies

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| seats4_title = Chief minister of states

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| website = {{URL|https://www.barisannasional.org.my}}

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{{Politics of Malaysia}}

Barisan Nasional (BN; {{Langx|en|National Front}}) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1974 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties to succeed the Alliance Party. It is the third largest political coalition with 30 seats in the Dewan Rakyat after Pakatan Harapan (PH) with 82 seats and Perikatan Nasional (PN) with 74 seats.

The coalition consists of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), and United Sabah People's Party (PBRS).

The Barisan Nasional coalition employs the same inter-communal governing model of its predecessor the Alliance Party but on a wider scale, with up to 14 communal political parties involved in the coalition at one point. It dominated Malaysian politics for over thirty years after it was founded. Taken together with its predecessor Alliance, it had a combined period of rule of almost 61 years from 1957 to 2018, and was considered the longest ruling coalition party in the democratic world.{{Cite news|url=http://torontosun.com/2013/05/05/malaysians-vote-to-decide-fate-of-worlds-longest-ruling-coalition/wcm/9c127fc7-37e8-45d5-8269-232bd2c59639|title=Malaysians vote to decide fate of world's longest-ruling coalition|author1=Anuradha Raghu|author2=Niluksi Koswanage|newspaper=Toronto Sun|date=5 May 2013|access-date=5 May 2013}}

Since 2008, the coalition has faced stronger challenges from opposition parties, notably the Pakatan Rakyat and later the Pakatan Harapan (PH) alliances. The Barisan Nasional coalition lost its hold of the parliament to PH for the first time in Malaysian history after the 2018 general election and became the opposition coalition. The Sabah and Sarawak BN component parties left the coalition and formed their own coalitions in 2018 and 2022. In the aftermath of the 2020 Malaysian political crisis, Barisan Nasional returned to power under a Perikatan Nasional-led government. However, it suffered its worst result in the 2022 election, falling to third behind Pakatan Harapan and Perikatan Nasional, but it stayed in government by supporting Pakatan Harapan.

History

= Formation =

Barisan Nasional is the direct successor to the three-party Alliance coalition formed by United Malays National Organisation, Malaysian Chinese Association, and Malaysian Indian Congress. It was founded in the aftermath of the 1969 general election and the 13 May riots. The Alliance Party lost ground in the 1969 election to the opposition parties, in particular the two newly formed parties, Democratic Action Party and Gerakan, as well as Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party. Although the Alliance won a majority of seats, it gained less than half the popular vote, and the resulting tension between different communities led to the May 13 riots and the declaration of a state of emergency.{{Cite book|author=Keat Gin Ooi|title=Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QKgraWbb7yoC&pg=PA139|year=2004|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-770-2|pages=139–}} After the Malaysian Parliament reconvened in 1971, negotiations to form a new alliance began with parties such as Gerakan and People's Progressive Party, both of which joined the Alliance in 1972, quickly followed by Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) in 1973.

The Barisan Nasional, which included regional parties from Sabah and Sarawak (Sabah Alliance Party, Sarawak United Peoples' Party, Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu), was formally registered in June 1974 as a coalition of nine parties.{{Cite book|author=Cheah Boon Kheng|title=Malaysia: The Making of a Nation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Owo39zRMQbwC&pg=PA147|year=2002|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies|isbn=978-981-230-175-8|pages=147–}} It contested the 1974 general election as a grand coalition under the leadership of the prime minister Tun Abdul Razak, which it won with considerable success.{{Cite book|author=Dr Nam-Kook Kim|title=Multicultural Challenges and Redefining Identity in East Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Fe8AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA219|date=28 February 2014|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-4724-0233-2|pages=219–}}

= 1977–2007 =

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In 1977, PAS was expelled from Barisan Nasional following a revolt by PAS within the Kelantan state legislature against the chief minister appointed by the federal government. Barisan Nasional nevertheless won the 1978 general election convincingly, and it continued to dominate Malaysian politics in the 1980s and 1990s despite some losses in state elections, such as the loss of Kelantan to PAS, and Sabah to United Sabah Party which later joined Barisan Nasional.

By 2003, Barisan Nasional had grown to a coalition formed of more than a dozen communal parties. It performed particularly well in the 2004 general election, winning 198 out of 219 seats.

Although Barisan Nasional never achieved more than 67% of the popular vote in elections from 1974 to 2008, it maintained the consecutive two-thirds majority of seats in this period in the Dewan Rakyat until the 2008 election, benefitting from Malaysia's first-past-the-post voting system.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303544604576431443001815406|title=Running Scared in Malaysia|author=John R. Malott|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=8 July 2011|access-date=8 July 2011}} {{subscription required}}

= 2008–2018 =

In the 2008 general election, Barisan Nasional lost more than one-third of the parliamentary seats to Pakatan Rakyat, a loose alliance of opposition parties. This marked Barisan's first failure to secure a two-thirds supermajority in Parliament since 1969. Five state governments, namely Selangor, Kelantan, Penang, Perak and Kedah fell to Pakatan Rakyat. Perak however was later returned via a court ruling following a constitutional crisis. Since 2008, the coalition has seen its non-Malay component parties greatly diminished in the peninsula.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-election/malaysia-coalition-extends-rule-despite-worst-electoral-showing-idUSBRE9430B720130505|title=Malaysia coalition extends rule despite worst electoral showing|author1=Stuart Grudgings|author2=Al-Zaquan Amer Hamzah|author3=Niluksi Koswanage|author4=Raju Gopalakrishnan|work=Reuters|date=5 May 2013|access-date=6 May 2013}}

The losses continued in the 2013 general election, and it recorded its worst election result at the time. BN regained Kedah but lost several more seats in Parliament along with the popular vote to Pakatan. Despite winning only 47% of the popular vote, it managed to gain 60% of the 222 parliamentary seats, thereby retaining control of the parliament.{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21577390-after-tainted-election-victory-najib-razak-needs-show-his-reformist-mettle-dangerous|title=A dangerous result|newspaper=The Economist|date=11 May 2013|access-date=11 May 2013}} The 1MDB scandal, which erupted in 2015, further damaged BN's reputation.

During the 2018 general election, Barisan Nasional lost control of the parliament to Pakatan Harapan, winning a total of only 79 parliamentary seats. The crushing defeat ended their 61-year rule of the country, taken together with its predecessor (Alliance), and this paved the way for the first change of government in Malaysian history. The coalition won only 34% of the popular vote amid vote split of Islamic Party. In addition to their failure in regaining the Penang, Selangor and Kelantan state governments, six state governments, namely Johor, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Kedah and Sabah fell to Pakatan Harapan and WARISAN (Sabah). The Terengganu state government also fell but to the Gagasan Sejahtera. Barisan Nasional was only in power in three states; namely Perlis, Pahang and Sarawak.

Many of BN's component parties left the coalition following its humiliating defeat at the 2018 general election, reducing its number to 4 compared to 13 before the election.{{Cite web|url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/09/30/pbrs-will-remain-with-bn-for-now-says-kurup|title=PBRS will remain with BN for now, says Kurup|agency=Free Malaysia Today|date=September 30, 2018}} These parties either aligned themselves with the new Pakatan Harapan federal government, formed a new state-based pact or remained independent. They include three Sabah-based parties (UPKO, PBS and LDP),{{Cite news|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2018/05/368460/warisan-now-has-35-seats-enough-form-state-government-shafie-nsttv|title=Warisan now has 35 seats, enough to form state government: Shafie [NSTTV]|author1=Avila Geraldine|author2=Norasikin Daineh|newspaper=New Straits Times|date=11 May 2018|access-date=12 May 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/politik/2018/05/424813/pbs-keluar-bn-bentuk-gabungan-bersatu|title=PBS keluar BN, bentuk Gabungan Bersatu|language=ms|publisher=Berita Harian|date=12 May 2018|access-date=12 May 2018}} four Sarawak-based parties (PBB, SUPP, PRS and PDP, which formed a new state-based pact GPS),{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/06/12/sarawak-bn-parties-pull-out-of-coalition/|title=Sarawak BN parties pull out of coalition to form independent state-based pact|author1=Sharon Ling|author2=Geryl Ogilvy|work=The Star|date=12 June 2018|access-date=12 June 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/sarawak-parties-leave-barisan-nasional-end-of-coalition-10430826|title=Commentary: Free from the shackles of a fallen coalition, does Sarawak parties leaving spell the end of the Barisan Nasional?|author=Lee Poh Onn|publisher=Channel NewsAsia|date=15 June 2018|access-date=15 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612100628/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/sarawak-parties-leave-barisan-nasional-end-of-coalition-10430826|url-status=dead}} {{Proper name|myPPP}} (under Kayveas faction){{Cite news|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2018/05/371060/myppp-leaves-bn-immediate-effect|title=MyPPP leaves BN with immediate effect|newspaper=New Straits Times|date=19 May 2018|access-date=19 May 2018}} and Gerakan.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2018/06/383177/gerakan-leaves-barisan-nasional|title=Gerakan leaves Barisan Nasional|newspaper=New Straits Times|date=23 June 2018|access-date=23 June 2018}} {{Proper name|myPPP}} experienced a leadership dispute, with Maglin announcing that the party remained within the coalition and Kayveas announcing that the party had left the coalition, resulting in the dissolution of the party on 14 January 2019.

Among the remaining four component parties in Barisan National, UMNO's parliamentary seats have reduced from 54 to 38 since 16 members of parliament left the party,{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/06/24/bagan-serai-mp-quits-umno/|title=Bagan Serai MP quits Umno, pledges support for Pakatan Harapan|author=Ivan Loh|work=The Star|date=24 June 2018|access-date=24 June 2018}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/06/27/bukit-gantang-mp-quits-umno/|title=Bukit Gantang MP quits Umno|work=Free Malaysia Today|date=27 June 2018|access-date=27 June 2018|archive-date=1 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101112204/https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/06/27/bukit-gantang-mp-quits-umno/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/07/01/former-puteri-umno-chief-quits-party/|title=Former Puteri Umno chief quits party, upset with results of polls|work=The Star|date=1 July 2018|access-date=2 July 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/09/19/mustapa-quits-umno-after-40-years/|title=Mustapa quits Umno after 40 years - Nation {{!}} The Star Online|website=www.thestar.com.my|date=19 September 2018 |access-date=2018-09-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/09/19/anifah-i-quit-umno-in-the-interest-of-sabah-rights/|title=Anifah: I quit Umno in the interest of Sabah rights - Nation {{!}} The Star Online|website=www.thestar.com.my|date=19 September 2018 |access-date=2018-09-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/10/11/labuan-mp-quits-umno-to-join-warisan/|title=Labuan MP quits Umno to join Warisan - Nation {{!}} The Star Online|website=www.thestar.com.my|date=11 October 2018 |access-date=2018-10-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/12/12/sabah-umno-exodus-begins-with-nine-of-10-assemblymen-leaving-party/|title=Sabah Umno exodus sees nine of 10 Aduns, five of six MPs leave - Nation {{!}} The Star Online|last1=Vanar|first1=Muguntan|last2=Lee|first2=Stephanie|website=www.thestar.com.my|access-date=2018-12-14|last3=Joibi|first3=Natasha|date=12 December 2018 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/12/14/six-umno-mps-leave-the-party/|title=Six Umno MPs leave the party - Nation {{!}} The Star Online|website=www.thestar.com.my|date=14 December 2018 |access-date=2018-12-14}} while MCA's parliamentary seat maintains one. MIC's parliamentary seats have reduced from two to one after the Election Court nullified the results of the election for the Cameron Highlands federal constituency due to bribery,{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/11/30/court-nullifies-bns-ge14-victory-for-cameron-highlands-seat/|title=Court nullifies BN's GE14 victory for Cameron Highlands seat (Updated) - Nation {{!}} The Star Online|last=Hamdan|first=Nurbaiti|website=www.thestar.com.my|date=30 November 2018 |access-date=2018-12-14}} but BN regained its seat from a direct member under the 2019 by-election.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesundaily.my/local/bn-retains-cameron-highlands-parliamentary-seat-AN438741|title=BN retains Cameron Highlands parliamentary seat|website=www.thesundaily.my|language=en|access-date=2019-01-27}}

As a result of these developments, BN's parliamentary seats have reduced to 41, compared with 79 seats that BN won in the general election.

MCA and MIC made a statement in March 2019 that they want to "move on" and find a new alliance following disputes with the secretary-general, Nazri Abdul Aziz. Mohamad Hasan, the acting BN chairman, chaired a Supreme Council meeting in which all parties showed no consensus on dissolving the coalition.

= 2019–present =

In January 2019, all Sabah UMNO branches including Sabah BN branches were dissolved and officially closed, leaving only one BN branch open. This brings the total BN seats in Sabah to only 2 seats.

Since 2019, Barisan Nasional recovered some ground and won a number of by-elections, such as the 2019 Cameron Highlands by-election,{{Cite web |date=January 26, 2019 |title=PRK Cameron Highlands: Ramli cipta sejarah |url=https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/politik/2019/01/524419/prk-cameron-highlands-ramli-cipta-sejarah |website=bharian.com}} 2019 Semenyih by-election,{{Cite web |title=BN tawan semula DUN Semenyih |url=https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/politik/2019/03/536745/bn-tawan-semula-dun-semenyih |website=bharian.com|date=2 March 2019 }} 2019 Rantau by-election,{{Cite web |date=April 13, 2019 |title=BN kekal kuasai DUN Rantau |url=https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/politik/2019/04/552669/bn-kekal-kuasai-dun-rantau |website=bharian.com}} and 2019 Tanjung Piai by-election,{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2019 |title=BN tawan semula Tanjung Piai |url=https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2019/11/629147/bn-tawan-semula-tanjung-piai |website=bharian.com}} defeating Pakatan Harapan.

In September 2019, UMNO decided to form a pact with the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) called Muafakat Nasional. Its main purpose is to unite the Malay Muslim communities for electoral purposes.{{Cite web |url=https://themalaysianreserve.com/2019/09/18/whats-next-for-piagam-muafakat-nasional/ |title= What's next for Piagam Muafakat Nasional? |date=18 September 2019 |work=The Malaysian Reserve }} There was however no formal agreement with the other parties of Barisan Nasional, although there were calls for Barisan Nasional to migrate to Muafakat Nasional.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2019/11/543468/mcas-future-muafakat-nasional-remains-unclear |title=MCA's future in Muafakat Nasional remains unclear |date=30 November 2019|work=New Straits Times}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/calls-in-umno-for-barisan-nasional-to-migrate-to-muafakat-nasional |title=Calls in Umno for Barisan Nasional to 'migrate' to Muafakat Nasional |date=5 December 2019 |work=The Straits Times |author=Reme Ahmad}} Barisan Nasional continued to function as a coalition of four parties comprising UMNO, MCA, MIC and PBRS but aligned themselves with Perikatan Nasional to form a new government in March 2020 after the collapse of the Pakatan Harapan government.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2020/03/571665/perikatan-nasional-coalition-set-joint-secretariat |title=Perikatan Nasional coalition to set up joint secretariat |work=New Straits Times |author=Adib Povera|date=4 March 202 }} Barisan Nasional form a new government on 15 August 2021 with Perikatan Nasional after the collapse of the Perikatan Nasional government.

Barisan Nasional also recovered control of the Johor,{{Cite news |url=http://www.astroawani.com/berita-politik/hasni-mohammad-angkat-sumpah-mb-johor-232053?amp |title=Hasni Mohammad angkat sumpah MB Johor |language=ms |trans-title=Hasni Mohammad take the oath as Johor's MB |work=Astro Awani |date=28 February 2020 |access-date=28 February 2020}} Malacca{{Cite news |url=http://www.astroawani.com/berita-politik/sulaiman-md-ali-angkat-sumpah-ketua-menteri-melaka-ke-12-232991 |title=Sulaiman Md Ali angkat sumpah Ketua Menteri Melaka ke-12 |language=ms |trans-title=Sulaiman Md Ali take the oath as the 12th Chief Minister of Malacca |work=Astro Awani |date=9 March 2020 |access-date=9 March 2020}} and Perak{{Cite web| url = https://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/educationist-menteri-besar-272468| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210121213056/https://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/educationist-menteri-besar-272468| archive-date = 2021-01-21| title = From an educationist, to a Menteri Besar {{!}} Astro Awani}} state governments.

On 20 November 2021, Barisan Nasional won a two-thirds majority of 21 out of 28 seats in the Malacca State Legislative Assembly.{{Cite web| url = https://www.astroawani.com/berita-politik/rasmi-sah-bn-tawan-semula-melaka-331991| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211120152942/https://www.astroawani.com/berita-politik/rasmi-sah-bn-tawan-semula-melaka-331991| archive-date = 2021-11-20| title = RASMI: Sah! BN tawan semula Melaka {{!}} Astro Awani}}

On 12 March 2022, Barisan gained a landslide victory in the 2022 Johor state election, allowing it to form the much more stable Johor state government with a two-thirds majority in the Johor State Legislative Assembly, which is 40 out of 56 seats while defeating Pakatan Harapan with 12 seats, Perikatan Nasional with 3 seats and Malaysian United Democratic Alliance with 1 seat.

== 2022 election ==

In the 2022 election, BN faced the worst result in its history, winning 30 out of 222 seats, compared to 82 and 74 seats for Pakatan Harapan and Perikatan Nasional respectively.{{Cite news |date= 20 November 2022|title= 'End of an era' for Malaysia's Barisan Nasional, after corruption issues hurt candidates at GE15: Analysts|url= https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malaysia-ge15-end-era-barisan-nasional-3087531|access-date= 21 November 2022}} Several key figures including Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, Mahdzir Khalid, Azeez Rahim, Tengku Zafrul Aziz, and Khairy Jamaluddin, lost to either PN or PH candidates in their own constituencies.{{Cite news |date= 20 November 2022|title= PRU15: Nama besar antara yang tewas|url= https://mediavariasi.com/2022/11/pru15-nama-besar-antara-yang-tewas/|access-date= 21 November 2022}}{{Cite news |date= 20 November 2022|title= PRU15: BN kecundang di Tanjong Karang|url= https://www.astroawani.com/berita-politik/pru15-bn-kecundang-di-tanjong-karang-392569|access-date= 21 November 2022}}{{Cite news |date= 20 November 2022|title= [Rasmi] Azeez Rahim kalah kepada calon PN di Baling|url= https://www.utusan.com.my/nasional/2022/11/rasmi-azeez-rahim-kalah-kepada-calon-pn-di-baling/|access-date= 21 November 2022}} BN also lost several state elections held in Pahang and Perak and won no seats in Perlis.{{Cite news |date= 20 November 2022|title= PN brings BN to its knees in Perlis|url= https://harakahdaily.net/index.php/2022/11/20/pn-brings-bn-to-its-knees-in-perlis/|access-date= 21 November 2022}} Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the party president, was re-elected with a slim majority of 348, high decrease from 2018 Malaysian general election which he won with majority of 5073 votes.{{Cite news |date= 20 November 2022|title= GE15: Zahid retains Bagan Datuk with slim majority|url= https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2022/11/852833/ge15-zahid-retains-bagan-datuk-slim-majority|access-date= 21 November 2022}} The election produced a hung parliament, but BN decided to support the biggest coalition Pakatan Harapan and was rewarded with cabinet posts in the government.{{Cite news |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/barisan-nasional-umno-ahmad-zahid-anwar-3103801 |title=Barisan Nasional to support the Dec 19 vote of confidence for Malaysia PM Anwar |date=27 November 2022 |work=Channel News Asia }}{{Cite news |url= https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/cabinet-posts-for-barisan-nasional-a-trust-not-the-spoils-of-war-says-malaysian-dpm-zahid |title=Cabinet posts for Barisan Nasional a trust, not the spoils of war, says Malaysian DPM Zahid |date=3 December 2022 |work=The Straits Times }}

Organisation

File:BN MANIFESTO (8630470271).jpg

In 2013, the vast majority of Barisan Nasional's seats were held by its two largest Bumiputera-based political parties—the United Malays National Organisation, and Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu. For most of its history, both the Malaysian Chinese Association and Malaysian Indian Congress have played major roles in Barisan Nasional, but their representation in Parliament and state legislatures has become much more diminished. Nevertheless, each component party purports to represent – and limit membership – to a certain race: UMNO for the Malays, MCA for the Chinese and so on. In the view of some scholars:

{{Blockquote|Since its inception the Alliance remained a coalition of communal parties. Each of the component parties operated to all intents and purposes, save that of elections, as a separate party. Their membership was communal, except perhaps Gerakan, and their success was measured in terms of their ability to achieve the essentially parochial demands of their constituents.Rachagan, S. Sothi (1993). Law and the Electoral Process in Malaysia, p. 12. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press. {{ISBN|967-9940-45-4}}.}}

Although both the Alliance and BN registered themselves as political parties, membership is mostly indirect through one of the constituent parties while direct membership is allowed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2010/11/21/barisan-amends-constitution-to-allow-direct-membership/|title=Barisan amends constitution to allow direct membership - Nation {{!}} The Star Online|last=Ahmad|first=Zuhrin Azam|website=www.thestar.com.my|date=21 November 2010 |access-date=2019-05-04}} The BN defines itself as a "confederation of political parties which subscribe to the objects of the Barisan Nasional". Although in elections, all candidates stand under the BN symbol, and there is a BN manifesto, each individual constituent party also issues its own manifesto, and there is intra-coalition competition for seats prior to nomination day.Rachagan, p. 21.

Member parties and allied parties

class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"

! rowspan="2"| Logo

! colspan="3" rowspan="2" | Name

! rowspan="2"| Ideology

! rowspan="2" |Position

! rowspan="2"| Leader(s)

! rowspan="2"| Seats
contested

! colspan="2"| 2022 result

! Current
seats

! rowspan="2" |State Legislature Seats

Votes (%)

! Seats

! Composition

colspan="12" align="center" style="background:lightgrey;" |Member parties
File:UMNO (Malaysia).svg

| style="background:{{party color|United Malays National Organisation}};"|

| style="text-align:center;" | UMNO

| United Malays National Organisation
{{small|Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu}}

| Ketuanan Melayu

| Right-wing

| Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

| style="text-align:center;"| 119

| style="text-align:center;"| 16.43%

| {{Composition bar|26|222|{{party color|United Malays National Organisation}}}}

| {{Composition bar|26|30|{{party color|United Malays National Organisation}}}}

| {{Composition bar|107|611|{{party color|United Malays National Organisation}}}}

File:Flag of the Malaysian Chinese Association.svg

| style="background:{{party color|Malaysian Chinese Association}};"|

| style="text-align:center;" | MCA

| Malaysian Chinese Association
{{small|Persatuan Cina Malaysia}}

| Malaysian Chinese interests

| rowspan="2" | Centre-right

| Wee Ka Siong

| style="text-align:center;"| 44

| style="text-align:center;"| 4.29%

| {{Composition bar|2|222|{{party color|Malaysian Chinese Association}}}}

| {{Composition bar|2|30|{{party color|Malaysian Chinese Association}}}}

| {{Composition bar|8|611|{{party color|Malaysian Chinese Association}}}}

File:Malaysian Indian Congress Flag.svg

| style="background:{{party color|Malaysian Indian Congress}};"|

| style="text-align:center;" | MIC

| Malaysian Indian Congress
{{small|Kongres India Malaysia}}

| Malaysian Indian interests

| Vigneswaran Sanasee

| style="text-align:center;"| 10

| style="text-align:center;"| 1.11%

| {{Composition bar|1|222|{{party color|Malaysian Indian Congress}}}}

| {{Composition bar|1|30|{{party color|Malaysian Indian Congress}}}}

| {{Composition bar|5|611|{{party color|Malaysian Indian Congress}}}}

File:Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (Logo).jpg

| style="background:{{party color|Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah}};"|

| style="text-align:center;"| PBRS

| United Sabah People's Party
{{small|Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah}}

| Sabah nationalism

|Right-wing

| Arthur Joseph Kurup

| style="text-align:center;"| 2

| style="text-align:center;"| 0.15%

| {{Composition bar|1|222|{{party color|Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah}}}}

| {{Composition bar|1|30|{{party color|Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah}}}}

| {{Composition bar|0|611|{{party color|Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah}}}}

colspan="12" align="center" style="background:lightgrey;" |Allied Parties of BN
| style="background:{{party color|Love Malaysia Party}};"|

| style="text-align:center;"| PCM

| Love Malaysia Party
{{small|Parti Cinta Malaysia}}

| National conservatism

|Right-wing

| Huan Cheng Guan

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| style="text-align:center;"| 0.03%

| {{Composition bar|0|222|{{party color|Love Malaysia Party}}}}

| {{Composition bar|0|30|{{party color|Love Malaysia Party}}}}

| {{Composition bar|0|611|{{party color|Love Malaysia Party}}}}

| style="background:#D7242A;"|

| style="text-align:center;"| AMIPF

| All Malaysian Indian Progressive Front
{{small|Barisan Progresif India Se-Malaysia}}

| Dravidian movement

|Centre-right

| Loganathan Thoraisamy

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| style="text-align:center;"| 0.05%

| {{Composition bar|0|222

}

| {{Composition bar|0|30|}}

| {{Composition bar|0|611|}}

|-

| File:KIMMA logo.png

| style="background:{{party color|Malaysian Indian Muslim Congress}};"|

| style="text-align:center;"| KIMMA

| Malaysian Indian Muslim Congress
{{small|Kongres India Muslim Malaysia}}

| Islamism
Indo-Malaysian Muslim interests

| rowspan="5" | Right-wing

| Syed Ibrahim Kader

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| style="text-align:center;"| 0.14%

| {{Composition bar|0|222|{{party color|Malaysian Indian Muslim Congress}}}}

| {{Composition bar|0|30|{{party color|Malaysian Indian Muslim Congress}}}}

| {{Composition bar|0|611|{{party color|Malaysian Indian Muslim Congress}}}}

|-

|

| style="background:{{party color|Malaysian Indian United Party}};"|

| style="text-align:center;"| MIUP

| Malaysian Indian United Party
{{small|Parti Bersatu India Malaysia}}

| rowspan="3" | Dravidian movement

| Nallakaruppan Solaimalai

| style="text-align:center;"| N/A

| style="text-align:center;"| N/A

| {{Composition bar|0|222|orange}}

| {{Composition bar|0|30|orange}}

| {{Composition bar|0|611|orange}}

|-

|

| style="background:#EF8611;"|

| style="text-align:center;"| MMSP

| Malaysia Makkal Sakti Party
{{small|Parti Makkal Sakti Malaysia}}

| R.S. Thanenthiran

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| style="text-align:center;"| 0.07%

| {{Composition bar|0|222|orange}}

| {{Composition bar|0|30|orange}}

| {{Composition bar|0|611|orange}}

|-

| File:Malaysian Advancement Party.png

| style="background:#FFFB03;"|

| style="text-align:center;"| MAP

| Malaysian Advancement Party
{{small|Parti Kemajuan Malaysia}}

| Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy

| style="text-align:center;"| N/A

| style="text-align:center;"| N/A

| {{Composition bar|0|222|orange}}

| {{Composition bar|0|30|orange}}

| {{Composition bar|0|611|orange}}

|-

|

| style="background:#0000FF;" |

| style="text-align:center;" | PPM

| Punjabi Party of Malaysia
{{small|Parti Punjabi Malaysia}}

| Sikhism

| Gurjeet Singh Rhande

| style="text-align:center;" | N/A

| style="text-align:center;" | N/A

| {{Composition bar|0|222|orange}}

| {{Composition bar|0|30|orange}}

| {{Composition bar|0|611|orange}}

|-

|

| style="background:{{party color|Malaysia National Alliance Party}};"|

| style="text-align:center;"| IKATAN

| Malaysia National Alliance Party
{{small|Parti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysia}}

| Social democracy

| Centre-left

| Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir

| style="text-align:center;"| N/A

| style="text-align:center;"| N/A

| {{Composition bar|0|222|{{party color|Malaysia National Alliance Party}}}}

| {{Composition bar|0|30|{{party color|Malaysia National Alliance Party}}}}

| {{Composition bar|0|611|{{party color|Malaysia National Alliance Party}}}}

|-

| colspan="12" align="center" style="background:lightgrey;" |Other allied parties

|-

|

| style="background:#FF0000;"|

| style="text-align:center;"|MIRA

| Minority Rights Action Party
{{small|Parti Tindakan Hak Minoriti}}

| Liberal democracy

| N/A

| S. Gobi Krishnan

| style="text-align:center;"| N/A

| style="text-align:center;"| N/A

| {{Composition bar|0|222|orange}}

| {{Composition bar|0|30|orange}}

| {{Composition bar|0|611|orange}}

|}

= Former member parties =

*denotes defunct parties

List of party chairmen

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
No.

! width=20%|Name
(Birth–Death)

! Portrait

! colspan="2"|Term of office

style="background: {{party color|United Malays National Organisation}}; color: white"| 1

|Abdul Razak Hussein
(1922–1976)

|100px

|1 January 1973

|14 January 1976

style="background: {{party color|United Malays National Organisation}}; color: white"|2

|Hussein Onn
(1922–1990)

|100px

|15 January 1976

|28 June 1981

style="background: {{party color|United Malays National Organisation}}; color: white"|3

|Mahathir Mohamad
(b. 1925)

|100px

|28 June 1981

|4 February 1988

style="background: {{party color|Malaysian Chinese Association}}; color: white"| –

|Ling Liong Sik
{{small|(Acting)}}
(b. 1943)

|

|4 February 1988

|16 February 1988

style="background: {{party color|United Malays National Organisation}}; color: white"|(3)

|Mahathir Mohamad
(b. 1925)

|100px

|16 February 1988

|30 October 2003

style="background: {{party color|United Malays National Organisation}}; color: white"|4

|Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(1939–2025)

|100px

|31 October 2003

|26 March 2009

style="background: {{party color|United Malays National Organisation}}; color: white"|5

|Najib Razak
(b. 1953)

|100px

|26 March 2009

|12 May 2018

style="background: {{party color|United Malays National Organisation}}; color: white"|6

|Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
(b. 1953)

|90px

|30 June 2018

|18 December 2018

style="background: {{party color|United Malays National Organisation}}; color: white"|–

|Mohamad Hasan
{{small|(Acting)}}
(b. 1956)

|

|18 December 2018

|30 June 2019

style="background: {{party color|United Malays National Organisation}}; color: white"|(6)

|Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
(b. 1953)

|90px

|30 June 2019

|Incumbent

Leadership structure

Barisan Nasional Supreme Council:{{Cite web |title=Organisasi – Barisan Nasional |url=https://www.barisannasional.org.my/organisasi/ |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=www.barisannasional.org.my}}

File:Deputy Prime Minister Hamidi - 2017 (36294565072) (cropped).jpg, the incumbent Chairman of Barisan Nasional.]]

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Elected representatives

= Dewan Negara (Senate) =

== Senators ==

{{Main|Members of the Dewan Negara, 15th Malaysian Parliament}}

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= Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) =

== Members of Parliament of the 15th Malaysian Parliament ==

{{Main|Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 15th Malaysian Parliament|Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club and Parliamentary Council}}

Barisan Nasional has 30 MPs in the House of Representatives, with 26 MPs (or 92.5%) of them from UMNO.

class ="wikitable sortable"
style="width:100px;"| State

! style="width:30px;"| No.

! style="width:150px;"|Parliament Constituency

! style="width:240px;"|Member

! style="width:80px;" colspan=2|Party

rowspan=3| {{Flag|Perak}}P055LenggongShamsul Anuar Nasarahbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P072TapahSaravanan Muruganbgcolor="{{Malaysian Indian Congress/meta/shading}}"|MIC
P075Bagan DatukDr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan=5| {{Flag|Pahang}}P078Cameron HighlandsRamli Mohd Norbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P079LipisAbdul Rahman Mohamadbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P084Paya BesarMohd. Shahar Abdullahbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P085PekanSh Mohmed Puzi Sh Alibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P090BeraIsmail Sabri Yaakobbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
{{Flag|Kuala Lumpur}}P119TitiwangsaJohari Abdul Ghanibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan=5| {{Flag|Negeri Sembilan}}P126JelebuJalaluddin Aliasbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P127JempolShamshulkahar Mohd. Delibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P129Kuala PilahAdnan Abu Hassanbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P131RembauMohamad Hasanbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P133TampinMohd Isam Mohd Isabgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="9" | {{Flag|Johor}}P147Parit SulongNoraini Ahmadbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P148Ayer HitamWee Ka Siongbgcolor="{{Malaysian Chinese Association/meta/shading}}"|MCA
P151Simpang RenggamHasni Mohammadbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P153SembrongHishammuddin Husseinbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P155TenggaraManndzri Nasibbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P156Kota TinggiMohamed Khaled Nordinbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P157PengerangAzalina Othman Saidbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P164PontianAhmad Maslanbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P165Tanjung PiaiWee Jeck Sengbgcolor="{{Malaysian Chinese Association/meta/shading}}"|MCA
rowspan=7| {{Flag|Sabah}}P173

|Putatan

|Shahelmey Yahya

bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P176KimanisMohamad Alaminbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P177Beaufort

|Siti Aminah Aching

bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P182PensianganArthur Joseph Kurupbgcolor="{{Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah/meta/shading}}"|PBRS
P184Libaran

|Suhaimi Nasir

bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P187KinabatanganBung Moktar Radinbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P191KalabakanAndi Muhammad Suryady Bandybgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
Totalstyle="width:30px;" colspan=6| {{small|Perak (3), Pahang (5), Kuala Lumpur (1), Negeri Sembilan (5), Johor (9), Sabah (7)}}

= Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly) =

== Malaysian State Assembly Representatives ==

{{Main|List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2023–present)}}

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{{col-4}}

Johor State Legislative Assembly{{Composition bar|40|56|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

Malacca State Legislative Assembly{{Composition bar|20|28|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

Pahang State Legislative Assembly{{Composition bar|19|47|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly{{Composition bar|14|36|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

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Sabah State Legislative Assembly{{Composition bar|12|79|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

Perak State Legislative Assembly{{Composition bar|9|59|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

Kelantan State Legislative Assembly{{Composition bar|2|45|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

Penang State Legislative Assembly{{Composition bar|2|40|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

Selangor State Legislative Assembly{{Composition bar|2|56|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

{{col-4}}

Kedah State Legislative Assembly{{Composition bar|0|36|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

Perlis State Legislative Assembly{{Composition bar|0|15|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

Sarawak State Legislative Assembly{{Composition bar|0|82|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

Terengganu State Legislative Assembly{{Composition bar|0|33|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

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class ="wikitable sortable"
style="width:100px;"| State

!No.

!Parliamentary

Constituency

! style="width:30px;"| No.

! style="width:150px;"|State Assembly

Constituency

! style="width:240px;"|Member

! style="width:80px;" colspan=2|Party

rowspan=2| {{Flag|Kelantan}}

| rowspan=2|P032

| rowspan=2|Gua Musang

| N43

NenggiriMohd Azmawi Fikri Abdul Ghanibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N45GalasMohd Syahbuddin Hashimbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan=2| {{Flag|Penang}}

| P041

| Kepala Batas

| N02

BertamReezal Merican Naina Mericanbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P047

| Nibong Tebal

| N21

Sungai AchehRashidi Zinolbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan=9| {{Flag|Perak}}

| P054

| Gerik

N02TemenggorSalbiah Mohamedbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P055

| Lenggong

| N04

Kota TampanSaarani Mohammadbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P062

| Sungai Siput

| N21

LintangMohd Zolkafly Harunbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P068

| Beruas

| N36

Pengkalan BaharuAzman Nohbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P069

| Parit

| N39

BelanjaKhairudin Abu Hanipahbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P072

| rowspan="2" |Tapah

| N47

ChenderiangChoong Shin Hengbgcolor="{{Malaysian Chinese Association/meta/shading}}" |MCA
N48Ayer KuningMohamad Yusri Bakirbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" |UMNO
P075

| Bagan Datuk

| N53

RungkupShahrul Zaman Yahyabgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P077

| Tanjong Malim

| N59

BehrangSalina Samsudinbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" |UMNO
rowspan=19| {{Flag|Pahang}}

|P078

|Cameron Highlands

N02JelaiWan Rosdy Wan Ismailbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P079

| rowspan="2" |Lipis

| N03

Padang TengkuMustapa Longbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N05BentaMohd. Soffi Abd. Razakbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P80

| rowspan="2" |Raub

| N06

Batu TalamAbd. Aziz Mat Kirambgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N08DongFazdzli Kamalbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P83

|Kuantan

| N16

InderapuraShafik Fauzan Sharifbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="3" |P85

| rowspan="3" |Pekan

| N21

Peramu JayaNizar Najibbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N22BebarMohd. Fakhruddin Mohd. Ariffbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N23ChiniMohd Sharim Md Zainbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P87

| rowspan="2" |Kuala Krau

| N27

JenderakRodzuan Zaababgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N28KerdauSyed Ibrahim Syed Ahmadbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P89

| rowspan="2" |Bentong

| N35

SabaiArumugam Verappa Pillaibgcolor="{{Malaysian Indian Congress/meta/shading}}"|MIC
N36PelangaiAmizar Abu Adambgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P90

| rowspan="2" |Bera

| N37

GuaiSabariah Sadanbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N39KemayanKhairulnizam Mohamad Zuldinbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P091

| rowspan="2" |Rompin

| N41

Muadzam ShahRazali Kassimbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N42TiomanMohd Johari Hussainbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
|

| —

Nominated memberHaris Salleh Hamzahbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
|

| —

Nominated memberWong Tat Cheebgcolor="{{Malaysian Chinese Association/meta/shading}}"|MCA
rowspan=2| {{Flag|Selangor}}

|P092

|Sabak Bernam

N01Sungai Air TawarRizam Ismailbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P101

|Hulu Langat

| N23

Dusun TuaJohan Abd Azizbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan=14| {{Flag|Negeri Sembilan}}

| rowspan="2" |P126

| rowspan="2" |Jelebu

N02PertangJalaluddin Aliasbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N03Sungai LuiMohd Razi Mohd Alibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P127

| rowspan="2" |Jempol

| N06

PalongMustapha Nagoorbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N07Jeram PadangMohd Zaidy Abdul Kadirbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P128

|Seremban

| N09

LenggengMohd Asna Aminbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="4" |P129

| rowspan="4" |Kuala Pilah

| N15

JuassehBibi Sharliza Mohd Khalidbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N16Seri MenantiAbdul Samad Ibrahimbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N17SenalingIsmail Lasimbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N19JoholSaiful Yazan Sulaimanbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="3" |P131

| rowspan="3" |Rembau

| N26

ChembongZaifulbahri Idrisbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N27RantauMohamad Hasanbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N28KotaSuhaimi Ainibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P132

| Port Dickson

| N32

LinggiAbdul Rahman Mohd Redzabgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P133

| Tampin

| N35

GemenchehSuhaimizan Bizarbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan=20| {{Flag|Malacca}}

| rowspan="5" |P134

| rowspan="5" |Masjid Tanah

N01Kuala LinggiRosli Abdullahbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N02Tanjung BidaraAb Rauf Yusohbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N03Ayer LimauHameed Mytheen Kunju Basheerbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N04LenduSulaiman Md Alibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N05Taboh NaningZulkiflee Mohd Zinbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="4" |P135

| rowspan="4" |Alor Gajah

| N07

GadekShanmugam Ptcyhaybgcolor="{{Malaysian Indian Congress/meta/shading}}"|MIC
N08Machap JayaNgwe Hee Sembgcolor="{{Malaysian Chinese Association/meta/shading}}"|MCA
N09Durian TunggalZahari Abdul Kalilbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N10AsahanFairul Nizam Roslanbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="3" |P136

| rowspan="3" |Tangga Batu

| N12

Pantai KundorTuminah Kadi Mohd Hashimbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N13Paya RumputRais Yasinbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N14KelebangLim Ban Hongbgcolor="{{Malaysian Chinese Association/meta/shading}}"|MCA
rowspan="2" |P137

| rowspan="2" |Hang Tuah Jaya

| N15

Pengkalan BatuKalsom Noordinbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N18Ayer MolekRahmad Marimanbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P138

| rowspan="2" |Kota Melaka

| N21

DuyongMohd Noor Helmy Abu Halembgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N23Telok MasAbdul Razak Abdul Rahmanbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="4" |P139

| rowspan="4" |Jasin

| N25

RimKhaidhirah Abu Zaharbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N26SerkamZaidi Attanbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N27MerlimauMuhamad Akmal Salehbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N28Sungai RambaiSiti Faizah Abdul Azisbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan=40| {{Flag|Johor}}

|P140

|Segamat

N1Buloh KasapZahari Saripbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P141

| rowspan="2" |Sekijang

| N03

PemanisAnuar Abdul Manapbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N04KemelahSaraswathy Nallathanbybgcolor="{{Malaysian Indian Congress/meta/shading}}"|MIC
rowspan="2" |P142

| rowspan="2" |Labis

| N05

TenangHaslinda Sallehbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N06BekokTan Chongbgcolor="{{Malaysian Chinese Association/meta/shading}}"|MCA
P143

|Pagoh

N8Bukit PasirMohamad Fazli Mohamad Sallehbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P144

| rowspan="2" |Ledang

| N09

GambirSahrihan Janibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N11SeromKhairin Nisa Ismailbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P145

|Bakri

| N14

Bukit NaningFuad Tukirinbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P146

|Muar

| N16

Sungai BalangSelamat Takimbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P147

| rowspan="2" |Parit Sulong

| N17

SemerahMohd Fared Mohd Khalidbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N18Sri MedanZulkurnain Kamisanbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P148

| rowspan="2" |Ayer Hitam

| N19

Yong PengLing Tian Soonbgcolor="{{Malaysian Chinese Association/meta/shading}}"|MCA
N20SemarangSamsolbari Jamalibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P149

| rowspan="2" |Sri Gading

| N21

Parit YaaniMohd Najib Samuribgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N22Pasir RajaNor Rashidah Ramlibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P150

| rowspan="2" |Batu Pahat

| N24

SenggarangMohd Yusla Ismailbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N25RengitMohd Puad Zarkashibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P151

| rowspan="2" |Simpang Renggam

| N26

MachapOnn Hafiz Ghazibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N27Layang-LayangAbd Mutalip Abd Rahimbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P152

|Kluang

| N29

MahkotaSyed Hussien Syed Abdullahbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P153

| rowspan="2" |Sembrong

| N30

PalohLee Ting Hanbgcolor="{{Malaysian Chinese Association/meta/shading}}"|MCA
N31KahangVidyananthan Ramanadhanbgcolor="{{Malaysian Indian Congress/meta/shading}}"|MIC
P154

|Mersing

| N33

TenggarohRaven Kumar Krishnasamybgcolor="{{Malaysian Indian Congress/meta/shading}}"|MIC
rowspan="2" |P155

| rowspan="2" |Tenggara

| N34

PantiHahasrin Hashimbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N35Pasir RajaRashidah Ismailbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P156

| rowspan="2" |Kota Tinggi

| N36

SediliMuszaidi Makmorbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N37Johor LamaNorlizah Nohbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P157

| rowspan="2" |Pengerang

| N38

PenawarFauziah Misribgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N39Tanjung SuratAznan Taminbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P158

|Tebrau

| N40

TiramAzizul Bachokbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P159

|Pasir Gudang

| N43

PermasBaharudin Mohd Taibbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P160

|Johor Bahru

| N44

LarkinMohd Hairi Mad Shahbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P161

|Pulai

| N47

KempasRamlee Bohanibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P162

|Iskandar Puteri

| N49

Kota IskandarPandak Ahmadbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P163

|Kulai

| N50

Bukit PermaiMohd Jafni Md Shukorbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P164

| rowspan="2" |Pontian

| N53

BenutHasni Mohammadbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N54Pulai SebatangHasrunizah Hassanbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P165

| rowspan="2" |Tanjung Piai

| N55

Pekan NanasTan Eng Mengbgcolor="{{Malaysian Chinese Association/meta/shading}}"|MCA
N56KukupJefridin Atanbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan=12| {{Flag|Sabah}}

|P167

|Kudat

N2BengkokaHarun Durabibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P169

| Kota Belud

| N10

UsukanSalleh Said Keruakbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P171

|Sepanggar

| N16

KarambunaiYakubah Khanbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P174

|Putatan

| N24

Tanjung KeramatShahelmey Yahyabgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P175

|Papar

| N29

Pantai ManisMohd Tamin @ Tamin Zainalbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P184

|Libaran

| N51

Sungai ManilaMokran Ingkatbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
rowspan="2" |P187

| rowspan="2" |Kinabatangan

| N58

LamagBung Mokhtar Radinbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
N59SukauJafry Ariffinbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P188

|Lahad Datu

| N61

SegamaMohamaddin Ketapibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
P191

|Kalabakan

| N71

Tanjong BatuAndi Muhammad Suryady Bandybgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
|

| —

Nominated memberSuhaimi Nasirbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
|

| —

Nominated memberRaime Unggibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNO
Totalcolspan="7" style="width:30px;" | {{small| Kelantan (2), Penang (2), Perak (9), Pahang (19), Selangor (2), Negeri Sembilan (14), Malacca (20), Johor (40), Sabah (12)}}

Barisan Nasional state governments

class ="wikitable sortable"
style="width:120px;"| State

! style="width:90px;"| Leader type

! style="width:180px;"|Member

! style="width:80px;" colspan=2|Party

! style="width:150px;"|State Constituency

{{Flag|Johor}}Menteri BesarOnn Hafiz Ghazibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNOMachap
{{Flag|Malacca}}Chief MinisterAb Rauf Yusohbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNOTanjung Bidara
{{Flag|Pahang}}Menteri BesarWan Rosdy Wan Ismailbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNOJelai
{{Flag|Perak}}Menteri BesarSaarani Mohammadbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNOKota Tampan

class ="wikitable sortable"
style="width:120px;"| State

! style="width:90px;"| Leader type

! style="width:180px;"|Member

! style="width:44px;" colspan=2|Party

! style="width:150px;"|State Constituency

{{Flag|Malacca}}Senior EXCORais Yasinbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNOPaya Rumput
{{Flag|Negeri Sembilan}}Senior EXCOJalaluddin Aliasbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNOPertang
{{Flag|Sabah}}Deputy Chief Minister IIIShahelmey Yahyabgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNOTanjung Keramat

Barisan Nasional also forms the state governments of Negeri Sembilan, Penang and Selangor in coalition with Pakatan Harapan, following the formation of the federal unity government (Kerajaan Perpaduan) in the aftermath of the 15th general election of November 2022.

class ="wikitable sortable"
style="width:120px;"| State

! style="width:90px;"| Leader type

! style="width:180px;"|Member

! style="width:80px;" colspan=2|Party

! style="width:150px;"|State Constituency

{{Flag|Johor}}SpeakerMohd Puad Zarkashibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNORengit
{{Flag|Johor}}Deputy SpeakerSamsolbari Jamalibgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNOSemarang
{{Flag|Malacca}}SpeakerIbrahim Durumbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNONon-MLA
{{Flag|Pahang}}SpeakerMohd Sharkar Shamsudinbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" |UMNONon-MLA
{{Flag|Perak}}SpeakerMohamad Zahir Abdul Khalidbgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNONon-MLA
{{Flag|Sabah}}SpeakerKadzim M Yahyabgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}"|UMNONon-MLA

Ministerial posts

class="sortable wikitable"
Portfolio

! Office Bearer

! colspan="2" |Party

! Constituency

Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Rural and Regional Development
Minister Responsible for National Disaster Management Agency

|Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi {{post-nominals|post-noms=MP}}

| bgcolor="{{Party color|United Malays National Organisation}}" |

|UMNO

|Bagan Datuk

Minister of Foreign Affairs

|Dato' Seri Utama Mohamad Hasan {{post-nominals|post-noms=MP}}

| bgcolor="{{Party color|United Malays National Organisation}}" |

|UMNO

|Rembau

Minister of Defence

|Dato' Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin {{post-nominals|post-noms=MP}}

| bgcolor="{{Party color|United Malays National Organisation}}" |

|UMNO

|Kota Tinggi

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
(Law and Institutional Reform)

|Dato' Sri Azalina Othman Said {{post-nominals|post-noms=MP}}

| bgcolor="{{Party color|United Malays National Organisation}}" |

|UMNO

|Pengerang

Minister of Higher Education

|Senator Dato' Seri Diraja Dr. Zambry Abdul Kadir

| bgcolor="{{Party color|United Malays National Organisation}}" |

|UMNO

|Senator

Minister of Plantation and Commodities

|Datuk Seri Haji Johari Abdul Ghani {{post-nominals|post-noms=MP}}

| bgcolor="{{Party color|United Malays National Organisation}}" |

|UMNO

|Titiwangsa

class="sortable wikitable"
Portfolio

! Office Bearer

! colspan="2" |Party

! Constituency

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security

|Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup {{post-nominals|post-noms=MP}}

| bgcolor="{{Party color|Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah}}" |

|PBRS

|Pensiangan

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

|Datuk Mohamad Alamin {{post-nominals|post-noms=MP}}

| bgcolor="{{Party color|United Malays National Organisation}}" |

|UMNO

|Kimanis

Deputy Minister of Works

|Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan {{post-nominals|post-noms=MP}}

| bgcolor="{{Party color|United Malays National Organisation}}" |

|UMNO

|Pontian

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs

|Datuk Seri Dr. Shamsul Anuar Nasarah {{post-nominals|post-noms=MP}}

| bgcolor="{{Party color|United Malays National Organisation}}" |

|UMNO

|Lenggong

Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development

|Datuk Seri Dr. Noraini Ahmad {{post-nominals|post-noms=MP}}

| bgcolor="{{Party color|United Malays National Organisation}}" |

|UMNO

|Parit Sulong

Deputy Minister of Human Resources

|Dato' Sri Abdul Rahman Mohamad {{post-nominals|post-noms=MP}}

| bgcolor="{{Party color|United Malays National Organisation}}" |

|UMNO

|Lipis

Parliamentary general election results

class="wikitable"
Election

! Total seats won

! Seats contested

! Share of seats

! Total votes

! Share of votes

! Outcome of election

! Election leader

1974

| {{Composition bar|135|154|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

| 154

| 87.7%

| 1,287,400

| 60.8%

| {{increase}}135 seats; Governing coalition

| Abdul Razak Hussein

1978

| {{Composition bar|131|154|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

| 154

| 85.1%

| 1,987,907

| 57.2%

| {{decrease}}4 seats; Governing coalition

| Hussein Onn

1982

| {{Composition bar|132|154|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

| 154

| 85.7%

| 2,522,079

| 60.5%

| {{increase}}1 seats; Governing coalition

| Mahathir Mohamad

1986

| {{Composition bar|148|177|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

| 177

| 83.6%

| 2,649,263

| 57.3%

| {{increase}}16 seats; Governing coalition

| Mahathir Mohamad

1990

| {{Composition bar|127|180|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

| 180

| 70.6%

| 2,985,392

| 53.4%

| {{decrease}}21 seats; Governing coalition

| Mahathir Mohamad

1995

| {{Composition bar|162|192|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

| 192

| 84.4%

| 3,881,214

| 65.2%

| {{increase}}35 seats; Governing coalition

| Mahathir Mohamad

1999

| {{Composition bar|148|193|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

| 193

| 76.2%

| 3,748,511

| 56.53%

| {{decrease}}15 seats; Governing coalition

| Mahathir Mohamad

2004

| {{Composition bar|198|219|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

| 219

| 90.4%

| 4,420,452

| 63.9%

| {{increase}}51 seats; Governing coalition

| Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

2008

| {{Composition bar|140|222|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

| 222

| 63.1%

| 4,082,411

| 50.27%

| {{decrease}}58 seats; Governing coalition

| Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

2013

| {{Composition bar|133|222|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

| 221

| 59.9%

| 5,237,555

| 47.38%

| {{decrease}}7 seats;{{Cite web|url=http://investvine.com/malaysia-govt-bashed-for-155m-election-ad-spending/|title=Malaysia gov't bashed for $155m election ad spending|author=Arno Maierbrugger|publisher=Investvine|date=16 August 2013|access-date=16 August 2013|archive-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126120454/https://investvine.com/malaysia-govt-bashed-for-155m-election-ad-spending/|url-status=dead}} Governing coalition

| Najib Razak

2018

| {{Composition bar|79|222|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

| 222

| 35.59%

| 3,794,827

| 33.96%

| {{decrease}}54 seats; Opposition coalition (2018-2020)
Governing coalition with Perikatan Nasional (2020-2022)

| Najib Razak

2022

|{{Composition bar|30|222|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}

|178

|13.51%

|3,462,231

|22.36%

|{{decrease}}49 seats; Governing coalition with Pakatan Harapan, Gabungan Parti Sarawak, Gabungan Rakyat Sabah and Parti Warisan

|Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

State legislative assembly general election results

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
rowspan=2| State electioncolspan=14|State Legislative Assembly
PerlisKedahKelantanTerengganuPenangPerakPahangSelangorNegeri SembilanMalaccaJohorSabahSarawakTotal won / Total contested
2/3 majority{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}
1974{{Composition bar|12|12|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|24|26|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|36|36|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|27|28|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|23|27|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|31|42|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|32|32|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|30|33|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|21|24|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|16|20|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|31|32|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|30|48|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}
1976
1978{{Composition bar|12|12|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|19|26|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|23|36|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|28|28|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|20|27|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|32|42|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|32|32|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|29|33|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|21|24|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|16|20|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|31|32|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|239|257|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}
1979
1981
1982{{Composition bar|11|12|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|24|26|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|26|36|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|23|28|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|25|27|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|38|42|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|31|32|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|31|33|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|22|24|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|18|20|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|32|32|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}
1983{{Composition bar|30|48|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|30|32|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}
1985{{Composition bar|6|48|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|6|48|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}
1986{{Composition bar|14|14|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|25|28|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|29|39|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|30|32|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|23|33|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|33|46|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|32|33|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|37|42|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|24|28|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|17|20|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|35|36|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|1|48|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|300|351|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}
1987{{Composition bar|28|48|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|28|48|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}
1990{{Composition bar|14|14|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|26|28|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|0|39|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|22|32|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|19|33|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|33|46|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|31|33|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|35|42|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|24|28|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|17|20|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|32|36|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|0|48|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|253|351|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}
1991{{Composition bar|49|56|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|49|56|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}
1994{{Composition bar|23|48|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}{{Composition bar|23|48|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}
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References

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= Literature =

  • Chok, Suat Ling (4 October 2005). "MPs in the dock". New Straits Times, p. 1, 6.
  • Chin, James. 2002. Malaysia: The Barisan National Supremacy. In David Newman & John Fuh-sheng Hsieh (eds), How Asia Votes, pp. 210–233. New York: Chatham House, Seven Bridges Press. {{ISBN|1-889119-41-5}}.
  • Pillai, M.G.G. (3 November 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20070616184702/http://www.malaysia-today.net/columns/pillai/2005/11/national-front-parties-were-not-formed.htm "National Front parties were not formed to fight for Malaysian independence"]. Malaysia Not Today