Josivaldo Jp (UNIÃO) was elected federal deputy for Maranhão in 2026, with 87,663 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Josivaldo Jp (Josivaldo dos Santos Melo) ran in 5 elections between 2016 and 2026, for federal deputy, mayor and city councillor. He was elected 2 times: federal deputy in 2026 and 2022. The highest vote was in 2026, for federal deputy for MA: 87,663 votes. In the 2026 campaign for federal deputy for MA, reported R$ 2.6 million in income: R$ 2.6 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 14 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 8 thousand de outras campanhas and R$ 15 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 2 million, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 731 thousand), production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 360 thousand) and activists and street mobilization (R$ 268 thousand). Partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026: the campaign finance report for this election is still in progress. In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 1.7 million in 2024 and R$ 1.3 million in 2022.
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Vote trend across elections
87,663 votes in 2026 (elected) · 5 elections
The votes of Josivaldo dos Santos Melo in each election they ran in, from oldest to most recent. All on the same scale (the highest vote recorded); the color shows the office.
The longest bar (the one that goes all the way) is the highest vote recorded for any office, elected or not; it works as a ruler, and all the other bars are proportional to it (the longer the bar, the more votes). What shows whether the person was elected is the fill, not the length: filled (colored) bar = elected; only the dashed outline = not elected; "to the runoff" = went to the runoff. From oldest (top) to newest. Click a bar to see the result of that election. The campaign finance report of each candidacy is in the list below.
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Campaign funding
2026 (partial): R$ 2.6 million in income · R$ 2 million em gastos contratados
Josivaldo Jp reported income and spending to the TSE in 5 campaigns: city councillor in Imperatriz (MA) in 2016, federal deputy for Maranhão in 2018, 2022 and 2026, and mayor in Imperatriz (MA) in 2024. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 2.6 million in income: R$ 2.6 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 14 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 8 thousand de outras campanhas and R$ 15 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 2 million, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 731 thousand) and production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 360 thousand); R$ 1.9 million has already been paid. In 2024, R$ 1.7 million in committed spending; in 2022, 45% of the R$ 1.3 million in spending went to advertising with printed materials. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.
Income in 2026R$ 2.6 millionpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 2 millioncontracted, partial; R$ 1.9 million paid
Spending in 2024R$ 1.7 millioncontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns5from 2016 to 2026
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Electoral Fund (FEFC)
Party Fund
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Fuel and lubricantsR$ 11 thousand30.1%
Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 9 thousand25.0%
Printed materialsR$ 6 thousand15.5%
Activists and street mobilizationR$ 5 thousand14.7%
3 other categoriesR$ 5 thousand14.7%
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; 2024: TSE data of 14/09/2026; 2022: TSE data of 13/09/2026; 2018: TSE data of 13/09/2026. 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.
Federal Deputy · 2022ELECTED79,699GMA · 39 years · Black · Higher education, incomplete · Empresário · PSD · no. 5511 · see full resultcampaign finance reportChamber of Deputies
Federal Deputy · 2018ALTERNATE23,113GMA · 35 years · Black · Secondary education, complete · Comerciante · PHS · no. 3111 · see full result
City Councillor · 2016ALTERNATE1,163LImperatriz, Maranhão · 33 years · Black · Secondary education, complete · Comerciante · PROS · no. 90777 · see full resultcampaign finance report
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.
A candidacy without votes is a registration that did not reach the ballot: according to the TSE data, a registration not approved, a withdrawal, or a running mate, who does not receive individual votes.
The race or color is the one the person declared to the TSE in the registration of each candidacy. The Court started collecting this information in 2014; that is why it does not appear in earlier candidacies.
