    barisan nasional (bn) (malay; historically national front) is a major political party in malaysia, formed in 1973 as the successor to the alliance (perikatan). along with its predecessor, it has been malaysia's federal ruling political force since independence in 1957, and is considered the longest continuing ruling party in the democratic world. the coalition's headquarters is located in the nation's capital, kuala lumpur. in the 2008 general elections, barisan nasional lost more than one-third of parliamentary seats to pakatan rakyat, a loose alliance of opposition parties. this marked barisan's first failure to secure a two-thirds [[supermaj
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