Elaheh Rastgou

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

Elaheh Rastgou
Member of City Council of Tehran
In office
3 September 2013 – 22 August 2017
Majority179,982 (8.02%)[1]
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
7 February 1997[2] – 26 May 2000
ConstituencyMalayer
Majority112,396 (44.6%)[3]
Personal details
Born1962 (age 58–59)[3]
Malayer, Hamadan, Iran[3]
Political partyIndependent (since 2013)
Other political
affiliations
Alma materAllameh Tabataba'i University

Career

Rastgou entered 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 'breaking her oath to vote for the reformist mayor'.[10]

In 2017, she officially joined the conservative alliance Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces.[11]

Electoral history
YearElectionVotes%RankNotes
1996Parliament By-election112,39644.61st Won[7]
2000ParliamentNo Data Available Lost[7]
2003City Council of Tehran19,0153.6141st Lost[12]
2004Parliament 74,111 3.7638th Lost[13]
2006City Council of TehranNo Data Available Lost[14]
2008Parliament Round 1 228,571 13.1237th Went to Round 2[15]
Parliament Round 2 191,097 28.4716th Lost[16]
2012Parliament 90,003 4.2464th Lost[17]
2013City Council of Tehran 179,982 8.0210th Won[18]
2017City Council of Tehran 444,635N/A27th Lost[19]

References
  1. "فرمانداري ليست شوراي‌شهر تهران را اعلام کرد", Khabaronline (in Persian), 2013-06-17
  2. "Getting to Know the Representatives in the Majles" (PDF), Iranian Parliament, The Iran Social Science Data Portal, p. 523
  3. "Parliament members" (in Persian). Iranian Majlis. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  4. "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. "Presidential candidates and upcoming parliamentary elections", Islamic Republic News Agency, 21 June 2013, retrieved 10 February 2016
  7. "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. "Final Attempts toward a Principlist Coalition to Block Rouhani's Reelection". Iranian Diplomacy. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  12. "Final election results of Islamic city council of Tehran" (PDF). Ettela'at International (in Persian). New York City: Page 4. 3 March 2003. ISSN 1353-8829. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  13. "نتايج قطعي آراي انتخابات تهران", Mehr News Agency (in Persian), 29 February 2004, retrieved 19 June 2017
  14. "نتايج شمارش 2 هزار صندوق راي انتخابات شوراهاي تهران", Fars News Agency (in Persian), 19 December 2006, retrieved 10 February 2016
  15. "نتيجه قطعي انتخابات تهران اعلام شد", Fars News Agency (in Persian), 17 March 2008, retrieved 10 February 2016
  16. "/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
  17. "۵۲۷ کاندیدای تهران در انتخابات ۱۲ اسفند چقدر رای آوردند؟", Khabaronline (in Persian), 18 March 2012, retrieved 10 February 2016
  18. "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.
  19. "آگهی نتیجه انتخابات پنجمين دوره شورای اسلامی شهر تهران" (PDF) (in Persian). Ministry of Interior. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Unknown		 1st Secretary of the City Council of Tehran
2013–2014		 Succeeded by
Abolfazl Ghana'ati
Preceded by
Hadi Saei		 2nd Secretary of the City Council of Tehran
2014–2015		 Succeeded by
Mohsen Pirhadi


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