Barisan Alternatif

Alternative Front
Malay nameBarisan Alternatif
باريسن الترناتيف
Chinese name替代阵线
Tìdài zhènxiàn
Tamil nameமாற்று முன்னணி
Māṟṟu muṉṉaṇi
English nameAlternative Front
Founded20 September 1998
Dissolved21 March 2004
Preceded byAngkatan Perpaduan Ummah (APU)
Gagasan Rakyat (GR)
Succeeded byPakatan Rakyat (PR)
MembershipPeople's Justice Party (KEADILAN)
Malaysian People's Party (PRM)
Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
IdeologyReformism
Political positionBig-tent

The Alternative Front (Malay: Barisan Alternatif; abbrev: BA) was a coalition of Malaysian opposition parties, formed as a counterweight to the ruling Barisan Nasional. Disbanded after the 2004 general elections, all 4 former component parties of BA (then 3, after a merger of 2 of the parties) have formed a new coalition, Pakatan Rakyat, following the 2008 general elections.