Elaheh Rastgou
| Elaheh Rastgou | |
|---|---|
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| Member of City Council of Tehran | |
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Assumed office 3 September 2013 | |
| Majority | 179,982 (8.02%)[1] |
| Member of the Parliament of Iran | |
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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 |
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Parliament By-election | 112,396 | 44.6 | 1st | Won[7] |
| 2000 | Parliament | No Data Available | Lost[7] | ||
| 2003 | City Council of Tehran | Lost[11] | |||
| 2004 | Parliament | Lost[12] | |||
| 2006 | City Council of Tehran | Lost[13] | |||
| 2008 | Parliament Round 1 | 228,571 | 13.12 | 37th | Went to Round 2[14] |
| Parliament Round 2 |  191,097 |  28.47 | 16th | Lost[15] | |
| 2012 | Parliament | 90,003 | 4.24 | 64th | Lost[16] |
| 2013 | City Council of Tehran | 179,982 | 8.02 | 10th | Won[17] |
References
- ↑ "Ùرمانداري ليست شوراي‌شهر تهران را اعلام کرد", Khabaronline (in Persian)
- ↑ "Getting to Know the Representatives in the Majles" (PDF), Iranian Parliament (The Iran Social Science Data Portal), p. 523
- 1 2 3 "Parliament members" (in Persian). Iranian Majlis. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- 1 2 "گزارش تØليلي همشهري از Ùهرست هاي انتخاباتي تشكل ها اØزاب Ùˆ گروههاي سياسي-اجتماعي", Hamshahri Newspaper (in Persian) (3312), 18 February 2004, retrieved 10 February 2016
- ↑ "Reinstated", Financial Tribune, 2 September 2015, retrieved 10 February 2016
- 1 2 "Presidential candidates and upcoming parliamentary elections", Islamic Republic News Agency, 21 June 2013, retrieved 10 February 2016
- 1 2 3 4 "بررسی انتخابات گذشته Ùˆ پیش روی مجلس در Øوزه انتخابیه ملایر", Fars News Agency (in Persian), 22 February 2012, retrieved 10 February 2016
- ↑ Mohammad Ali Zandi. "Freethinkers Pinnacle Party" (in Persian). Baqir al-Ulum Research Institute. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ↑ Michael Rubin (7 March 2008), "Iran News Round Up", National Review, retrieved 10 February 2016
- ↑ "هیاهو برای یک رای/ پرونده‌ای درباره رای الهه راستگو" (in Persian). Khabar Online. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "آخرین نتایج شمارش آرا انتخابات مجلس Ù‡Ùتم", Jomhouri (in Persian), retrieved 10 February 2016
- ↑ "نتايج شمارش 2 هزار صندوق راي انتخابات شوراهاي تهران", Fars News Agency (in Persian), 19 December 2006, retrieved 10 February 2016
- ↑ "نتيجه قطعي انتخابات تهران اعلام شد", Fars News Agency (in Persian), 17 March 2008, retrieved 10 February 2016
- ↑ "/تكميلي/ با شمارش كليه‌ي آراي ماخوذه، نتايج نهايي دور دوم انتخابات Øوزه‌ي تهران، ري، شميرانات Ùˆ اسلامشهر اعلام شد", Iranian Students' News Agency (in Persian), 26 April 2008, retrieved 10 February 2016
- ↑ "ÛµÛ²Û· کاندیدای تهران در انتخابات Û±Û² اسÙند چقدر رای آوردند؟", Khabaronline (in Persian), 18 March 2012, retrieved 10 February 2016
- ↑ "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.