<span style="color: #222222;">In Myanmar, the ruling party led by Aung San Suu Kyi won just over half the seats in by-elections to fill 13 of the 1,171 seats in national, regional and state parliaments. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to complete preliminary results, Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, NLD, took seven of the 13 seats made vacant by death or resignation. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The results for Saturday's polls showed the NLD generally retaining support in the country's heartland, but yielding seats to parties representing ethnic minorities in the border  areas where they live.</span><br />''