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Nelinho Costa (PSB) was elected state deputy for Paraíba in 2026, with 31,327 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Nelinho Costa (Valdinele Gomes Costa) ran in 5 elections between 2008 and 2026, for state deputy, mayor and deputy mayor. He was elected 4 times: state deputy in 2026; mayor of Cacimba de Dentro in 2020 and 2016; deputy mayor of Cacimba de Dentro in 2008. The highest vote was in 2026, for state deputy for PB: 31,327 votes. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for PB, reported R$ 170 thousand in income: R$ 16 thousand de outros recursos do partido e de outras campanhas, R$ 142 thousand from private donations (11 donors) and R$ 13 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 157 thousand, mainly on advertising with stickers (R$ 47 thousand), production of jingles, vignettes and slogans (R$ 23 thousand) and legal services (R$ 20 thousand). Partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 18/10/2026: the campaign finance report for this election is still in progress. In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 62 thousand in 2020 and R$ 38 thousand in 2016.
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The votes of Valdinele Gomes Costa 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.
Nelinho Costa reported income and spending to the TSE in 4 campaigns: mayor in Cacimba de Dentro (PB) in 2012, 2016 and 2020, and state deputy for Paraíba 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$ 170 thousand in income: R$ 16 thousand de outros recursos do partido e de outras campanhas, R$ 142 thousand from private donations (11 donors) and R$ 13 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 157 thousand, mainly on advertising with stickers (R$ 47 thousand) and production of jingles, vignettes and slogans (R$ 23 thousand); R$ 157 thousand has already been paid. In 2020, R$ 62 thousand in spending; in 2016, R$ 38 thousand in committed spending. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 18/10/2026.
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 18/10/2026; 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 · 2026ELECTED31,327GPB · 48 years · White · Secondary education, complete · Comerciante · PSB · no. 40123 · see full resultcampaign finance report
Mayor · 2020ELECTED6,383LCacimba de Dentro, Paraíba · 42 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Secondary education, complete · Empresário · CIDADANIA · no. 23 · see full result
Mayor · 2016ELECTED5,420LCacimba de Dentro, Paraíba · 38 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Secondary education, complete · Comerciante · PSB · no. 40 · see full result
Mayor · 2012NOT ELECTED4,401LCacimba de Dentro, Paraíba · 34 years · Secondary education, complete · Empresário · DEM · no. 25 · 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.
