Reuters - "Ruling party wins Somaliland parliamentary polls"

The country holds its presidential election in April, with parliamentary polls expected to follow two months later.

Five states held local assembly elections in tandem with the national parliamentary poll.

But Hamas has done well in local elections in recent months, and did agree to take part in the parliamentary polls that were planned for this month.

The parliamentary poll had originally been scheduled for 2011 but was delayed four times until 12 May was agreed.

The party boycotted the 2004 parliamentary polls, and called for armed struggle.

Nigerians are due to go to the polls on Saturday for presidential elections - a week after the delayed parliamentary polls were finally held.

The last Chartist challenge at a parliamentary poll took place at Ripon in 1859.

Together with the board of directors he publicly asked for a parliamentary poll about DSB bank's bankruptcy.

A parliamentary poll scheduled for March was also postponed.