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Ricardo Maia

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Ricardo Maia
Ricardo Aparecido Maia Kotsifas (legal name)
7 elections between 1998 and 2026 · latest party MDB
66 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, incomplete
Locutor e Comentarista de Rádio e Televisão e Radialista
Candidate for Federal Deputy · Paraná · 2026 elections · MDB · no. 1522
social media reported to the TSE

Ricardo Maia (MDB) became an alternate for federal deputy for Paraná in 2026, with 3,437 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Ricardo Maia (Ricardo Aparecido Maia Kotsifas) ran in 7 elections between 1998 and 2026, for federal deputy, state deputy and city councillor. He was elected 1 time: state deputy in 1998. The highest vote was in 2002, for state deputy for PR: 26,582 votes. In the 2026 campaign for federal deputy for PR, reported R$ 451 thousand in income: R$ 300 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 659 from the Party Fund, R$ 150 thousand de outros recursos do partido and R$ 84 from private donations. Contracted spending totals R$ 423 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 203 thousand), staff (R$ 97 thousand) and content boosting (R$ 42 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$ 313 thousand in 2018 and R$ 100 thousand in 2014.

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Vote trend across elections

3,437 votes in 2026 · 7 elections

The votes of Ricardo Aparecido Maia Kotsifas 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.

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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$ 451 thousand in income · R$ 423 thousand em gastos contratados

Ricardo Maia reported income and spending to the TSE in 3 campaigns: federal deputy for Paraná in 2014 and 2026, and state deputy for Paraná in 2018. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 451 thousand in income: R$ 300 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 659 from the Party Fund, R$ 150 thousand de outros recursos do partido and R$ 84 from private donations. Contracted spending totals R$ 423 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 203 thousand) and staff (R$ 97 thousand); R$ 423 thousand has already been paid. In 2018, R$ 313 thousand in spending; in 2014, 59% of the R$ 100 thousand in committed spending went to staff. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 451 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 423 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 423 thousand paid
Spending in 2018R$ 313 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns32014, 2018 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)
  • Companies (until 2014)
  • Own funds
2026partialFederal deputy, ParanáSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 451 thousand
donations from individuals
FEFC 67% · Party Fund less than 1% · party 33% · individuals less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 423 thousand
paid so far: R$ 423 thousand (99%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 203 thousand48.0%
  • StaffR$ 97 thousand22.9%
  • Content boostingR$ 42 thousand9.9%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 24 thousand5.7%
  • 10 other categoriesR$ 57 thousand13.6%
2018State deputy, ParanáSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 322 thousand
26 individual donors
party and other campaigns 62% · individuals 38%
Spending contracted
R$ 313 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • StaffR$ 98 thousand31.3%
  • Printed materialsR$ 64 thousand20.4%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 49 thousand15.5%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 22 thousand7.1%
  • 9 other categoriesincludes R$ 1 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 80 thousand25.6%
2014Federal deputy, ParanáSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 100 thousand
12 individual donors
party and other campaigns 44% · individuals 19% · companies 5% · own funds 33%
Spending contracted
R$ 100 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • StaffR$ 59 thousand59.0%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 14 thousand14.0%
  • Printed materialsR$ 11 thousand10.9%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 7 thousand6.5%
  • 6 other categoriesR$ 10 thousand9.7%

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; 2018: TSE data of 13/09/2026. 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

7 candidacies · elected in 1998

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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