Kathmadnu, March 16 -- All the political parties that gained national status in the March 5 snap parliamentary elections have selected their lawmakers under the proportional representation (PR) system from their closed lists and submitted the names to the Election Commission.

Of the six parties that gained national status, CPN-UML and Shram Shanskriti Party (SSP) finalised their candidates on Saturday, while the remaining parties-the Rastriya Swatantra Party, Nepali Congress, Nepali Communist Party (NCP) and Rastriya Prajantra Party (RPP)-picked their representatives on Sunday.

All six parties crossed the threshold of 3 percent of the total valid votes to win the status of national party and be eligible for PR seats. Apart from crossing...