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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 61–62)[3]
Malayer, Hamadan Province, Imperial State of Iran[3]
Political partyIndependent (since 2013)
Other political
affiliations
Alma materAllameh Tabataba'i University

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

Career

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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

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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

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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 19,015 3.61 41st Lost[12]
2004 Parliament Decrease 74,111 Decrease 3.76 38th Lost[13]
2006 City Council of Tehran No Data Available Lost[14]
2008 Parliament Round 1 Increase 228,571 Increase 13.12 37th Went to Round 2[15]
Parliament Round 2 Decrease 191,097 Increase 28.47 16th Lost[16]
2012 Parliament Decrease 90,003 Decrease 4.24 64th Lost[17]
2013 City Council of Tehran Increase 179,982 Increase 8.02 10th Won[18]
2017 City Council of Tehran Increase 444,635 N/A 27th Lost[19]

References

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  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. ^ a b c "Parliament members" (in Persian). Iranian Majlis. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b "گزارش تحليلي همشهري از فهرست هاي انتخاباتي تشكل ها احزاب و گروههاي سياسي-اجتماعي", Hamshahri Newspaper (in Persian), no. 3312, 18 February 2004, retrieved 10 February 2016
  5. ^ "Reinstated", Financial Tribune, 2 September 2015, retrieved 10 February 2016
  6. ^ a b "Presidential candidates and upcoming parliamentary elections", Islamic Republic News Agency, 21 June 2013, retrieved 10 February 2016
  7. ^ a b c d "بررسی انتخابات گذشته و پیش روی مجلس در حوزه انتخابیه ملایر", Fars News Agency (in Persian), 22 February 2012, archived from the original on 2 April 2016, retrieved 10 February 2016
  8. ^ Mohammad Ali Zandi. "Freethinkers Pinnacle Party" (in Persian). Baqir al-Ulum Research Institute. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. 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, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Unknown
 1st Secretary of the City Council of Tehran
2013–2014 		Succeeded by
Preceded by 2nd Secretary of the City Council of Tehran
2014–2015 		Succeeded by


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