Logical Reasoning: Identify next figure

Question

I came across this logical reasoning/ abstract reasoning question in my logical reasoning book. Can somebody please help me identify the next pattern:

Thanks!

Answer 1

The number of regions in the pictures (ignoring the background):

$4, 5, 1, 2, 3$.

So probably it will loop back to $4$ in the next picture, hence B.

(Editorial: Not a particularly good puzzle in my opinion.)

Answer 2

This isn't great, but it's the best I could come up with.

E

There is a pattern to the number of lines making each pair of shapes, and it goes

(12,10) , (4,2), (6,4)

E having 4 lines.