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Verdi (AVANTE) became an alternate for state deputy for Minas Gerais in 2026, with 34,727 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Verdi (Vérdi Lúcio Melo) ran in 8 elections between 1996 and 2026, for state deputy, mayor, deputy mayor and city councillor. He was elected 6 times: mayor of Varginha in 2020; deputy mayor of Varginha in 2016 and 2012; city councillor of Varginha in 2008, 2004 and 1996. The highest vote was in 2020, for mayor in Varginha/MG: 36,518 votes. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for MG, reported R$ 547 thousand in income: R$ 200 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 130 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 167 thousand from private donations (16 donors) and R$ 50 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 423 thousand, mainly on staff (R$ 229 thousand), advertising with printed materials (R$ 68 thousand) and third-party services (R$ 35 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$ 575 thousand in 2020 and R$ 24 thousand in 2008.
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The votes of Verdi Lucio 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. The hatched bar marks an executive running mate or an alternate senator: they do not receive individual votes, so the bar shows the ticket votes of the main candidate (hence the "ticket" next to the number). 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.
Verdi reported income and spending to the TSE in 3 campaigns: city councillor in Varginha (MG) in 2008, mayor in Varginha (MG) in 2020, and state deputy for Minas Gerais in 2026. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 547 thousand in income: R$ 200 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 130 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 167 thousand from private donations (16 donors) and R$ 50 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 423 thousand, mainly on staff (R$ 229 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 68 thousand); R$ 333 thousand has already been paid. In 2020, R$ 575 thousand in spending; in 2008, R$ 24 thousand in committed spending. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Running mates and alternates do not have their own campaign account: the account is that of the main candidate's ticket.
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; 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.
This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.
State Deputy · 2026ALTERNATE34,727GMG · 73 years · White · Higher education, complete · Contador · AVANTE · no. 70100 · see full resultcampaign finance report
Mayor · 2020ELECTED36,518LVarginha, Minas Gerais · 67 years · White · Higher education, complete · Prefeito · AVANTE · no. 70 · see full result
Deputy Mayor · 2016ELECTED32,155LVarginha, Minas Gerais · 63 years · White · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PSDB · no. 14 · a running mate does not receive individual votes · see full result
Deputy Mayor · 2012ELECTED31,657LVarginha, Minas Gerais · 59 years · Higher education, complete · Contador · PTB · no. 14 · a running mate does not receive individual votes · see full resultG 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.
