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 53–54)[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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