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Kidinho
Melchiades Efigenio Mello (legal name)
4 elections between 2012 and 2026 · latest party PP
63 years old in 2026 · Male · Secondary education, complete
Corretor de Imóveis, Seguros, Títulos e Valores
Candidate for State Deputy · Minas Gerais · 2026 elections · PP · no. 11666
social media reported to the TSE

Kidinho (PP) became an alternate for state deputy for Minas Gerais in 2026, with 430 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Kidinho (Melchiades Efigênio Mello) ran in 4 elections between 2012 and 2026, for state deputy and city councillor. Not listed as elected in any of them in the TSE results. The highest vote was in 2022, for state deputy for MG: 762 votes. In the 2022 campaign for state deputy for MG, reported R$ 150 thousand in income, from the Electoral Fund (FEFC). Contracted spending totals R$ 150 thousand, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 74 thousand), advertising with stickers (R$ 29 thousand) and third-party services (R$ 25 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 2 thousand in 2020 (100% on activists and street mobilization) and R$ 5 thousand in 2012.

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Vote trend across elections

430 votes in 2026 · 4 elections

The votes of Melchiades Efigenio Mello 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.

City CouncillorState Dep.

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.

Campaign funding

2022: R$ 150 thousand in income · R$ 150 thousand em gastos

Kidinho reported income and spending to the TSE in 3 campaigns: city councillor in Belo Horizonte (MG) in 2012 and 2020, and state deputy for Minas Gerais in 2022. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2022, reported R$ 150 thousand in income, from the Electoral Fund (FEFC). Contracted spending totals R$ 150 thousand, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 74 thousand) and advertising with stickers (R$ 29 thousand). In 2020, 100% of the R$ 2 thousand in spending went to activists and street mobilization; in 2012, 49% of the R$ 5 thousand in committed spending went to creation and inclusion of web pages.

Spending in 2022R$ 150 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns42012, 2020, 2022 and 2026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Other resources from the party and other campaigns
2026partialState deputy, Minas GeraisSee donors and spending ›
Raised
no income reported
Spending contracted
no spending reported in the TSE data
2022State deputy, Minas GeraisSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 150 thousand
no donations from individuals
FEFC 100%
Spending contracted
R$ 150 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 74 thousand49.1%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 29 thousand19.3%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 25 thousand16.7%
  • StaffR$ 10 thousand6.7%
  • 5 other categoriesR$ 12 thousand8.2%
2020City councillor, Belo Horizonte (MG)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 4 thousand
no donations from individuals
party and other campaigns 100%
Spending contracted
R$ 2 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 2 thousand100.0%
See the previous campaign
2012City councillor, Belo Horizonte (MG)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 7 thousand
no donations from individuals
party and other campaigns 100%
Spending contracted
R$ 5 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Creation and inclusion of web pagesR$ 2 thousand49.0%
  • Printed materialsR$ 2 thousand37.6%
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 65713.3%

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; 2022: TSE data of 13/09/2026; 2020: TSE data of 12/09/2026. 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.

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Candidacies

4 candidacies

This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.

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.