Editing Barisan Nasional (section)

=== 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]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> [[2019 Semenyih by-election]],<ref>{{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 }}</ref> [[2019 Rantau by-election]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> and [[2019 Tanjung Piai by-election]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>  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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>  Barisan Nasional continued to  function as a coalition of four parties comprising UMNO, MCA, MIC and [[Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah|PBRS]] but aligned themselves with [[Perikatan Nasional]] to form a new government in March 2020 after the collapse of the [[Pakatan Harapan]] government.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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,<ref>{{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}}</ref> Malacca<ref>{{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}}</ref> and Perak<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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 Malaysian general election|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.<ref name="worst">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="worst" /><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> BN also lost several state elections held in [[Pahang]] and [[Perak]] and won no seats in [[Perlis]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> [[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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>