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Francisco Mello

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Francisco Mello
Francisco Alves de Melo (legal name)
1 election in 2026 · PL
Male · Secondary education, complete
Trabalhador de Construção Civil
Candidate for Federal Deputy · Maranhão · 2026 elections · PL · no. 2226
social media reported to the TSE

Francisco Mello (PL) became an alternate for federal deputy for Maranhão in 2026, with 40,760 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). In the 2026 campaign for federal deputy for MA, reported R$ 1.5 million in income: R$ 1.4 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 100 thousand from the Party Fund and R$ 3 thousand from private donations (an online crowdfunding campaign). Contracted spending totals R$ 864 thousand, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 201 thousand), staff (R$ 178 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 102 thousand). Partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026: the campaign finance report for this election is still in progress.

First candidacy

This person runs for the first time in 2026: there is no previous election for them in the TSE data (1933–2026). The data come from the candidacy registration with the TSE (the social media accounts are the ones they reported to the Court).

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Campaign funding

2026 (partial): R$ 1.5 million in income · R$ 864 thousand em gastos contratados

Francisco Mello reported income and spending to the TSE in 1 campaign: federal deputy for Maranhão in 2026. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 1.5 million in income: R$ 1.4 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 100 thousand from the Party Fund and R$ 3 thousand from private donations (an online crowdfunding campaign). Contracted spending totals R$ 864 thousand, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 201 thousand) and staff (R$ 178 thousand); R$ 863 thousand has already been paid. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 1.5 millionpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 864 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 863 thousand paid
Campaigns12026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Party Fund
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
2026partialFederal deputy, MaranhãoSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 1.5 million
donations from individuals and an online crowdfunding campaign
FEFC 93% · Party Fund 7% · individuals less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 864 thousand
paid so far: R$ 863 thousand (99%)
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 201 thousand23.3%
  • StaffR$ 178 thousand20.6%
  • Printed materialsR$ 102 thousand11.8%
  • Legal servicesR$ 30 thousand3.5%
  • 14 other categoriesincludes R$ 255 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 353 thousand40.8%

Source: campaign finance reports filed with the TSE (open data). Radar do Voto has these data from 2006 on in general elections and from 2008 on in municipal elections; earlier campaigns do not appear. 2026: partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026. Contracted spending is the total of the expenses the campaign reported; paid is the part already settled (the TSE only publishes the paid amount from 2018 on). The spending categories are the TSE's; the detail by supplier is in the dashboard. Corporate donations have been prohibited since 2015.

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Candidacies

1 candidacy

G é Eleição Geral: presidente, governador, senador e deputados. L é Eleição Local (municipal): prefeito e vereador. De 1933 a 1990 o TSE não publica cargo municipal, então esses anos são todos G.

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