Elaheh Rastgou

Elaheh Rastgou
Member of City Council of Tehran
Assumed office
3 September 2013
Majority 179,982 (8.02%)[1]
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
7 February 1997[2]  26 May 2000
Constituency Malayer
Majority 112,396 (44.6%)[3]
Personal details
Born 1962 (age 5354)[3]
Malayer, Hamadan, Iran[3]
Political party Independent (since 2013)
Other political
affiliations
Alma mater Allameh Tabataba'i University
Religion Islam

Elaheh Rastgou (Persian: الهه راستگو; literally means The Veracious Goddess) is an Iranian conservative-minded[4] reformist[5][6] politician who is currently a member of City Council of Tehran. She was formerly a Member of Parliament.

Career

Rastgou enterd Islamic Consultative Assembly's 5th term in Malayer's 1997 by-election, defeating the incumbent Hassan Zamanifar. She was a sympathizer of Executives of Construction fraction at the time.[7] In 2000 elections, she ran for a seat in Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr as Freethinkers' Pinnacle Party's candidate and was defeated.[8][7] Backed by reformist 'Coalition For Iran',[4] she was defeated in 2004 from the same district. In 2008 parliamentary elections, she lost again while listed in both Islamic Iran Participation Front and National Trust Party endorsing lists.[9]

She lost 2003 and 2006 elections of City Council of Tehran, but eventually won a seat in 2013 while being supported by reformists coalition.

2013 allegiance switch

A sudden switch of allegiance by Rastgou, reformist-backed member of the Tehran City Council, helped Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf to retain his seat by a vote margin of one.[6] Following the vote, she was 'fired' from Islamic Labour Party because allegedly 'braking her oath to vote for the reformist mayor'.[10]

Electoral history

Year Election Votes % Rank Notes
1996Parliament By-election112,39644.61st Won[7]
2000ParliamentNo Data Available Lost[7]
2003City Council of Tehran Lost[11]
2004Parliament Lost[12]
2006City Council of Tehran Lost[13]
2008Parliament Round 1228,57113.1237th Went to Round 2[14]
Parliament Round 2Decrease 191,097Increase 28.4716th Lost[15]
2012ParliamentDecrease 90,003Decrease 4.2464th Lost[16]
2013City Council of TehranIncrease 179,982Increase 8.0210th Won[17]

References

  1. "فرمانداري ليست شوراي‌شهر تهران را اعلام کرد", Khabaronline (in Persian)
  2. "Getting to Know the Representatives in the Majles" (PDF), Iranian Parliament (The Iran Social Science Data Portal), p. 523
  3. 1 2 3 "Parliament members" (in Persian). Iranian Majlis. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  4. 1 2 "گزارش تحليلي همشهري از فهرست هاي انتخاباتي تشكل ها احزاب و گروههاي سياسي-اجتماعي", Hamshahri Newspaper (in Persian) (3312), 18 February 2004, retrieved 10 February 2016
  5. "Reinstated", Financial Tribune, 2 September 2015, retrieved 10 February 2016
  6. 1 2 "Presidential candidates and upcoming parliamentary elections", Islamic Republic News Agency, 21 June 2013, retrieved 10 February 2016
  7. 1 2 3 4 "بررسی انتخابات گذشته و پیش روی مجلس در حوزه انتخابیه ملایر", Fars News Agency (in Persian), 22 February 2012, retrieved 10 February 2016
  8. Mohammad Ali Zandi. "Freethinkers Pinnacle Party" (in Persian). Baqir al-Ulum Research Institute. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  9. Michael Rubin (7 March 2008), "Iran News Round Up", National Review, retrieved 10 February 2016
  10. "هیاهو برای یک رای/ پرونده‌ای درباره رای الهه راستگو" (in Persian). Khabar Online. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  11. "نتايج آراي شمارش شده‌ي 1318 صندوق اخذ راي در تهران اعلام شد", Iranian Students' News Agency (in Persian), 1 March 2003, retrieved 10 February 2016
  12. "آخرین نتایج شمارش آرا انتخابات مجلس هفتم", Jomhouri (in Persian), retrieved 10 February 2016
  13. "نتايج شمارش 2 هزار صندوق راي انتخابات شوراهاي تهران", Fars News Agency (in Persian), 19 December 2006, retrieved 10 February 2016
  14. "نتيجه قطعي انتخابات تهران اعلام شد", Fars News Agency (in Persian), 17 March 2008, retrieved 10 February 2016
  15. "/تكميلي/ با شمارش كليه‌ي آراي ماخوذه، نتايج نهايي دور دوم انتخابات حوزه‌ي تهران، ري، شميرانات و اسلامشهر اعلام شد", Iranian Students' News Agency (in Persian), 26 April 2008, retrieved 10 February 2016
  16. "۵۲۷ کاندیدای تهران در انتخابات ۱۲ اسفند چقدر رای آوردند؟", Khabaronline (in Persian), 18 March 2012, retrieved 10 February 2016
  17. "آگهی نتیجه انتخابات چهارمین دوره شورای اسلامی شهر تهران" (PDF) (in Persian). Ministry of Interior. 18 July 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
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