COMMENT | For days now, political commentators have been trying to explain BN's remarkable victory in Johor. Some say Pakatan Harapan failed to connect with voters. Others argue BN simply organised the better campaign. A few called it the "Onn Hafiz factor".

There is probably some truth in all those explanations, but perhaps they all miss the bigger story.

This election may not have been about who gave the best speeches or ran the best campaign. It may have been about something much simpler.

After more than a decade of political instability, Malaysians have probably decided that they want stability.

Prime ministers have come and gone. Governments have changed. Coalitions have formed, collapsed and re-emerged under different names. Political manoeuvring became so common that uncertainty itself became part of everyday politics.

Against that backdrop...