Najib Razak sworn-in as Malaysian PM

Kaula Lampur, May 6: Najib Razak was sworn-in as Malaysia's Prime Minister for a second time, a day after his ruling coalition, one of the world's longest-serving, swept to power in general elections.

59-year-old Najib took the oath before King Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah at Istana Negara palace, urging all Malaysians to accept his coalition's victory.

"We have to show to the world that we are a mature democracy. Despite the extent of the swing against us, we did not fall," he said in a nationally televised news conference.

Barisan Nasional (BN) won the general elections by a simple majority of 133 parliamentary seats, two less than the seats it held before, to opposition alliances' 89 in the 222-seat Parliament.

Sunday's vote saw a record turnout of eighty percent. The ruling coalition won the elections to continue its uninterrupted 56-year rule, brushing aside the challenge posed by the three-party opposition alliance led by Anwar Ibrahim.