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== Parliamentary general election results ==

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! Election
! Total seats won
! Seats contested
! Share of seats
! Total votes
! Share of votes
! Outcome of election
! Election leader
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 1974|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]]
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 1978|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]]
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 1982|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]]
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 1986|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]]
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 1990|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]]
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 1995|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]]
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 1999|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]]
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 2004|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]]
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 2008|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]]
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 2013|2013]]
| {{Composition bar|133|222|hex={{party color|Barisan Nasional}}}}
| 221
| 59.9%
| 5,237,555
| 47.38%
| {{decrease}}7 seats;<ref>{{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}}</ref> '''Governing coalition'''
| [[Najib Razak]]
|-
![[Malaysian general election, 2018|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)<br />'''Governing coalition''' with [[Perikatan Nasional]] (2020-2022)
| [[Najib Razak]]
|-
![[2022 Malaysian general election|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]]
|}