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The 2018 Malaysian general election (formally the 14th Malaysian general election) was held on 9 May 2018 to elect members to the Dewan Rakyat of the 14th Parliament of Malaysia. At stake were all 222 seats in the Dewan Rakyat and 505 seats in 12 out of the 13 State Legislative Assemblies of Malaysia. The 13th Parliament of Malaysia was dissolved by Prime Minister Najib Razak on 7 April 2018. It would have been automatically dissolved on 24 June 2018, five years after the first meeting of the first session of the 13th Parliament of Malaysia on 24 June 2013.

Malaysia's main opposition, Pakatan Harapan, led by Mahathir Mohamad, along with the Sabah Heritage Party, won 121 seats in the Dewan Rakyat, allowing them to form a majority government with Mahathir becoming the next Prime Minister. Mahathir was sworn in on May 10, a day after the election. Barisan Nasional, led by incumbent Prime Minister Najib Razak, won 79 seats, becoming the Opposition after 61 years on the government benches. Gagasan Sejahtera, led by Abdul Hadi Awang, won 18 seats, becoming the third-largest party in the Dewan Rakyat. The United Sabah Alliance won one seat, while three seats were won by independents.

In state elections held in 12 out of the 13 State Legislative Assemblies, the incumbent Barisan Nasional retained only two of the nine states they had prior to the election; Perlis and Pahang. Pakatan Harapan won eight states, retaining control of Selangor and Penang, while capturing six states from Barisan Nasional; Kedah, Perak, Negeri Sembilan, Malacca, Sabah and Johor. Gagasan Sejahtera won in two states, retaining Kelantan while gaining Terengganu off Barisan Nasional. Elections weren't held in Sarawak as the state holds its state election separately.

This marked a historic defeat for the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, which had been the governing party of Malaysia and its predecessor state, Malaya, since the country's independence in 1957. This makes Mahathir Mohamad the next Prime Minister of Malaysia and, at 92 years old, the oldest head of government in the world, although he has indicated he would give way within a few years to jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim after seeking a royal pardon for him. Following the election, Najib conceded defeat to Mahathir and resigned as leader of Barisan Nasional shortly after the election on 12 May 2018.