The historic defeat for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barisan_Nasional" id="mwAQs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Barisan Nasional">Barisan Nasional</a>, the governing coalition of Malaysia since the country's independence in 1957 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Malaysian_general_election" id="mwAQw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2018 Malaysian general election">2018 Malaysian general election</a>.