João Alfredo (João Alfredo Telles Melo) ran in 12 elections between 1986 and 2022, for federal deputy, mayor, state deputy, city councillor and governor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 6 times: city councillor of Fortaleza in 2012 and 2008; federal deputy in 2002; state deputy in 1998, 1994 and 1986. The highest vote was in 1990, for governor for CE: 185,482 votes. In the 2022 campaign for federal deputy for CE, reported R$ 265 thousand in income: R$ 153 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 3 thousand de outras campanhas, R$ 99 thousand from private donations (176 donors and an online crowdfunding campaign) and R$ 10 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 254 thousand, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 66 thousand), advertising with printed materials (R$ 66 thousand) and third-party services (R$ 43 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 144 thousand in 2016 and R$ 58 thousand in 2014.
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Vote trend across elections
18,843 votes in 2022 · 12 elections
The votes of João Alfredo Telles 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.
State Dep.GovernorFederal Dep.City CouncillorMayor
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
2022: R$ 265 thousand in income · R$ 254 thousand em gastos
João Alfredo reported income and spending to the TSE in 7 campaigns: federal deputy for Ceará in 2006 and 2022, city councillor in Fortaleza (CE) in 2008 and 2012, state deputy for Ceará in 2010 and 2014, and mayor in Fortaleza (CE) in 2016. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2022, reported R$ 265 thousand in income: R$ 153 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 3 thousand de outras campanhas, R$ 99 thousand from private donations (176 donors and an online crowdfunding campaign) and R$ 10 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 254 thousand, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 66 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 66 thousand). In 2016, R$ 144 thousand in committed spending; in 2014, R$ 58 thousand in committed spending.
Income in 2022R$ 265 thousandcampaign closed
Spending in 2022R$ 254 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2016R$ 144 thousandcontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns7from 2006 to 2022
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Electoral Fund (FEFC)
Party Fund
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
individuals 98% · companies less than 1% · own funds 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 118 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Printed materialsR$ 46 thousand39.4%
Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 15 thousand12.9%
Despesas postaisR$ 10 thousand8.8%
Fuel and lubricantsR$ 10 thousand8.5%
17 other categoriesincludes R$ 4 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 36 thousand30.4%
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. 2022: 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.
State Deputy · 1998ELECTED34,733GCE · 40 years · Higher education, complete · Membros do Poder Legislativo: Senador, Deputados e Vereador · PT · no. 13121 · see full result
Coligação: PC do B / PCB / PSB / PT
State Deputy · 1994ELECTED15,961GCE · 36 years · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PT · no. 13121 · see full result
Governor · 1990NOT ELECTED185,482GCE · 32 years · PT · no. 13 · see full result
State Deputy · 1986ELECTED9,588GCE · 28 years · PT · see full result
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.
Federal Deputy · 202218,843not electedGCE · 64 years · White · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PSOL · no. 5001 · see full result
Mayor · 2016NOT ELECTED18,048LFortaleza, Ceará · 58 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, incomplete · Vereador · PSOL · no. 50 · see full result
State Deputy · 2014ALTERNATE10,136GCE · 56 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Vereador · PSOL · no. 50050 · see full result
City Councillor · 2012ELECTED20,222LFortaleza, Ceará · 54 years · Higher education, complete · Vereador · PSOL · no. 50050 · see full result
State Deputy · 201033,635not electedGCE · 52 years · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PSOL · no. 50050 · see full resultcampaign finance report
