Vital Costa (Vital da Costa Araújo) ran in 10 elections between 1996 and 2020, for mayor, state deputy and city councillor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 3 times: mayor of Araruna in 2020 and 2016; city councillor of Araruna in 1996. The highest vote was in 2010, for state deputy for PB: 10,908 votes. In the 2020 campaign for mayor in Araruna/PB, reported R$ 71 thousand in income: R$ 62 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 9 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 71 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 39 thousand), candidacy promotion events (R$ 9 thousand) and accounting services (R$ 7 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 59 thousand in 2016 and R$ 302 thousand in 2014.
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Vote trend across elections
5,435 votes in 2020 (elected) · 10 elections
The votes of Vital da Costa Araujo 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
2020: R$ 71 thousand in income · R$ 71 thousand em gastos
Vital Costa reported income and spending to the TSE in 7 campaigns: state deputy for Paraíba in 2006, 2010 and 2014, and mayor in Araruna (PB) in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2020, reported R$ 71 thousand in income: R$ 62 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 9 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 71 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 39 thousand) and candidacy promotion events (R$ 9 thousand). In 2016, R$ 59 thousand in committed spending; in 2014, R$ 302 thousand in committed spending.
Income in 2020R$ 71 thousandcampaign closed
Spending in 2020R$ 71 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2016R$ 59 thousandcontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns7from 2006 to 2020
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Electoral Fund (FEFC)
Party Fund
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
party and other campaigns 37% · individuals 36% · companies 11% · own funds 16%
Spending contracted
R$ 14 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Printed materialsR$ 5 thousand39.8%
Third-party servicesR$ 1801.3%
Encargos financeiros e taxas bancáriasR$ 790.6%
2 other categoriesR$ 8 thousand58.3%
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. 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.
City Councillor · 1996ELECTED723LAraruna, Paraíba · 33 years · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PFL · no. 25666 · 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.
Mayor · 2020ELECTED5,435LAraruna, Paraíba · 57 years · White · Higher education, complete · Prefeito · PP · no. 11 · see full result
Mayor · 2016ELECTED5,860LAraruna, Paraíba · 53 years · White · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PP · no. 11 · see full result
State Deputy · 2014ALTERNATE7,786GPB · 51 years · White · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PP · no. 11567 · see full result
Mayor · 2012NOT ELECTED3,479LAraruna, Paraíba · 49 years · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PTB · no. 14 · see full result
State Deputy · 2010ALTERNATE10,908GPB · 47 years · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PTB · no. 14567 · see full result
