Mahathir Mohamad scored a historic victory in Malaysia's 2018 election. His Pakatan Hope coalition won 115 parliamentary seats, exceeding the 112 seat threshold needed to form a government.
Mahathir Mohamad's victory ended the domination of the Barisan Nasional, which has ruled Japan for more than 60 years. That means, his former protege, Najib Razak also must step down from the post of prime minister.
With his victory, Mahathir Mohamad will become the oldest prime minister, not only in Malaysia but also in the world. He will be sworn in at the age of 92.
The Barisan Nasional, with UMNO's key party, has dominated Malaysian politics, ever since the country became independent from Britain in 1957.
In the previous election, in 2013, the opposition made a breakthrough by winning a popular vote, but failed to win enough seats in parliament.
Dramatically, the then opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of sodomy - which he believed was an attempt by the authorities to overthrow him.
Meanwhile, Mahathir Mohamad, who was once a Barisan Nasional ruler, as well as mentor Najib Razak chose to leave the coalition that once seated him as prime minister.
At that time, he was embarrassed to be part of the "supportive of corruption" party.
Najib Razak is linked to a corruption scandal. He allegedly pocketed money of US $ 700 million from 1Malaysia Development Berhad, the management of state investment funds.
He vehemently denied all allegations that targeted him and those close to him. His name was cleared by Malaysian authorities.
However, the case is still being investigated by a number of state apparatus. Meanwhile, Najib is accused of blocking the investigation efforts in the country by moving key officials associated with the investigation.
From the beginning, speculation that Malaysia's 2018 election will be full of prominent fraud. For example, the Clean Reform 2.0 group accused the Electoral Commission of "election crimes", including irregularities in postal elections and the fact that some of the names of people who had died were on the voters list.
The controversial fake news legislation has also recently been set. Critics say the rubber article can be used by authorities to quell dissent.
Mahathir Mohamad was even under investigation under the law. Gara-garanya, he admitted that his plane has sabotaged.
