| Kamala Roka | |
| Native Name: | कमला रोका |
| Office: | Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha |
| Term Start: | 4 March 2018 |
| Term End: | 18 September 2022 |
| Constituency: | Eastern Rukum 1 |
| Predecessor: | Constituency created |
| Successor: | Purna Bahadur Gharti |
| Party: | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Office2: | Member of Constituent Assembly for CPN (Maoist) party list |
| Term Start2: | 28 May 2008 |
| Term End2: | 28 May 2012 |
| Nationality: | Nepali |
| Birth Date: | 4 January 1976[1] |
| Father: | Amar Singh Roka |
| Mother: | Jokhi Roka |
| Spouse: | Ganeshman Pun |
| Children: | 2 |
Kamala Roka (Nepali: कमला रोका) is a Nepali communist politician, former sports minister and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.[2]
She joined the maoist insurgency dropping out of school while a tenth grader. After the maoists joined the peace process, she went back and completed high school.[3]
She became the Minister for Youth and Sports in the Bhattarai cabinet.[3] [4]
In the 2017 legislative election, she was elected from East Rukum-1 constituency under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system, representing CPN (Maoist Centre) of the left alliance.[3] [5] She defeated her nearest rival Hari Shankar Gharti of Nepali Congress, acquiring 10,434 to Gharti's 4,406.[3] [5] She was one of only six women to be elected to parliament under the FPTP system in that election.[6]
She was the secretariat member of Maoist Centre, and "In-charge" of the party's women department before the party merged with CPN UML to form Nepal Communist Party (NCP).[3] Following the merger, she represents the new party in parliament, and is also the district "Co-Incharge" of the party for East Rukum.[7]