The race to Putrajaya

Voters queue to cast their votes at the SJKC Selayang Baru polling centre in Selayang, Selangor, Nov 19.

A woman drops her ballot paper into the box at the SK Klang Gate polling centre in Gombak on Nov 19.

An Election Commission officer carries a ballot box from the car to a vote counting centre in Subang after voting ends on Nov 19.

Perikatan Nasional leaders including their chairman Muhyiddin Yassin raise their hands after the results of the election showing their victory in 73 seats, in Glenmarie, Shah Alam.

In Subang, Pakatan Harapan leaders led by their chairman Anwar Ibrahim celebrate their victory in 81 seats.

Barisan Nasional chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Umno vice-president Ismail Sabri Yaakob leave the Seri Pacific Hotel in Kuala Lumpur after a meeting with Pakatan Harapan leaders on Nov 20, to discuss the formation of a government to break the political impasse.

Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah seen outside the palace in Kuala Lumpur on Nov 20, as a series of royal audiences begins to determine the MP with the majority of support to be appointed as prime minister.

Reporters gather outside the Seri Pacific Hotel in Kuala Lumpur after an announcement by Pakatan Harapan leaders of a press conference following a meeting with representatives from Barisan Nasional.

Pakatan Harapan chairman Anwar Ibrahim discusses something with secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution and PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli after their meeting with Barisan Nasional leaders at the Seri Pacific Hotel.

Anwar Ibrahim leaves his office in Bukit Gasing, Petaling Jaya, after being summoned for an audience with the Agong on Nov 22.

Perikatan Nasional chairman Muhyiddin Yassin, too, leaves his house compound in Bukit Damansara to attend the audience with the king.

Pakatan Harapan supporters wait outside Istana Negara as the audience commences.

Members of the police Federal Reserve Unit stand guard amid the crowd of Pakatan Harapan supporters outside the palace.

Anwar Ibrahim leaves after holding a press conference at which he announced that no decision had been made on the prime minister's appointment.

Muhyiddin Yassin speaks at a later press conference where he revealed that he had refused to join hands with Pakatan Harapan in the palace's proposal for a unity government.

Reporters gather at the entrance of the St Regis Hotel in Kuala Lumpur where MPs from Barisan Nasional met with Perikatan Nasional leaders on Nov 24.

Others gather outside the palace as the Agong meets with the Malay rulers in order to break the days-long impasse.

The car carrying Anwar Ibrahim enters the palace compound on Nov 24 for his swearing-in ceremony as prime minister.

Anwar Ibrahim waves at reporters as he enters the palace compound.

Anwar Ibrahim holds his first press conference as prime minister in Sungai Long, Kajang, on Nov 24.

He and his wife, Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, wave to reporters at the end of the press conference.