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Meri Martins

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Meri Martins
Meri Jane Vidal Martins (legal name)
2 elections between 2024 and 2026 · REPUBLICANOS
61 years old in 2026 · Female · Higher education, complete
Assistente Social
Candidate for Federal Deputy · Paraná · 2026 elections · REPUBLICANOS · no. 1010
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Meri Martins (REPUBLICANOS) became an alternate for federal deputy for Paraná in 2026, with 37,305 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Meri Martins (Meri Jane Vidal Martins) ran in 2 elections between 2024 and 2026, for federal deputy and city councillor. She was elected 1 time: city councillor of Curitiba in 2024. The highest vote was in 2026, for federal deputy for PR: 37,305 votes. In the 2026 campaign for federal deputy for PR, reported R$ 1.4 million in income: R$ 1 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 353 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 945 de outros recursos do partido and R$ 25 thousand from private donations. Contracted spending totals R$ 701 thousand, mainly on staff (R$ 403 thousand), advertising with printed materials (R$ 172 thousand) and legal services (R$ 30 thousand). Partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026: the campaign finance report for this election is still in progress. In the 2024 campaign, already closed, spent R$ 175 thousand.

City Councillor · 2024
7,938
votes · Curitiba, Paraná
ELECTED
Term ends in 2028
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Vote trend across elections

37,305 votes in 2026 · 2 elections

The votes of Meri Jane Vidal Martins 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 CouncillorFederal 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

2026 (partial): R$ 1.4 million in income · R$ 701 thousand em gastos contratados

Meri Martins reported income and spending to the TSE in 2 campaigns: city councillor in Curitiba (PR) in 2024, and federal deputy for Paraná 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$ 1.4 million in income: R$ 1 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 353 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 945 de outros recursos do partido and R$ 25 thousand from private donations. Contracted spending totals R$ 701 thousand, mainly on staff (R$ 403 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 172 thousand); R$ 683 thousand has already been paid. In 2024, R$ 175 thousand in spending. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 1.4 millionpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 701 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 683 thousand paid
Spending in 2024R$ 175 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns22024 and 2026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Party Fund
  • Other resources from the party and other campaigns
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
2026partialFederal deputy, ParanáSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 1.4 million
donations from individuals
FEFC 73% · Party Fund 25% · party less than 1% · individuals 2%
Spending contracted
R$ 701 thousand
paid so far: R$ 683 thousand (97%)
  • StaffR$ 403 thousand57.5%
  • Printed materialsR$ 172 thousand24.6%
  • Legal servicesR$ 30 thousand4.3%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 28 thousand3.9%
  • 6 other categoriesR$ 68 thousand9.7%
2024City councillor, Curitiba (PR)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 179 thousand
donations from individuals and an online crowdfunding campaign
FEFC 84% · party and other campaigns 10% · individuals 6%
Spending contracted
R$ 175 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • StaffR$ 62 thousand35.5%
  • Printed materialsR$ 42 thousand23.9%
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 39 thousand22.0%
  • Content boostingR$ 9 thousand5.3%
  • 8 other categoriesR$ 23 thousand13.3%

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; 2024: TSE data of 14/09/2026. 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

2 candidacies · elected in 2024

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.

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