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Ricardo de Gulu

Ricardo Pereira Pontes (legal name)
7 elections between 2004 and 2026 · latest party PSDB
53 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, incomplete
Vereador
Candidate for Federal Deputy · Pernambuco · 2026 elections · PSDB · no. 4555
In office
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Ricardo de Gulu (PSDB) got 2,000 votes for federal deputy for Pernambuco in 2026 and was not elected, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Ricardo de Gulu (Ricardo Pereira Pontes) ran in 7 elections between 2004 and 2026, for federal deputy and city councillor. He was elected 1 time: city councillor of São Lourenço da Mata in 2024. The highest vote was in 2026, for federal deputy for PE: 2,000 votes. In the 2026 campaign for federal deputy for PE, reported R$ 30 thousand in income, from the Electoral Fund (FEFC). Contracted spending totals R$ 13 thousand, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 5 thousand), legal services (R$ 4 thousand) and accounting services (R$ 3 thousand). Partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 20/10/2026: the campaign finance report for this election is still in progress. In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 6 thousand in 2024 (99% on advertising with printed materials) and R$ 650 in 2016.

City Councillor · 2024
903
votes · São Lourenço da Mata, Pernambuco
ELECTED · REMAINDER
Term ends in 2028
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Vote trend across elections

2,000 votes in 2026 · 7 elections

The votes of Ricardo Pereira Pontes 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$ 30 thousand in income · R$ 13 thousand em gastos contratados

Ricardo de Gulu reported income and spending to the TSE in 3 campaigns: city councillor in São Lourenço da Mata (PE) in 2016 and 2024, and federal deputy for Pernambuco 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$ 30 thousand in income, from the Electoral Fund (FEFC). Contracted spending totals R$ 13 thousand, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 5 thousand) and legal services (R$ 4 thousand); R$ 0 has already been paid. In 2024, 99% of the R$ 6 thousand in spending went to advertising with printed materials; in 2016, 100% of the R$ 650 in committed spending went to third-party services. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 20/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 30 thousandpartial, until 20/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 13 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 0 paid
Spending in 2024R$ 6 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns42016, 2020, 2024 and 2026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Own funds
2026partialFederal deputy, PernambucoSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 30 thousand
no donations from individuals
FEFC 100%
Spending contracted
R$ 13 thousand
paid so far: R$ 0 (0%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 5 thousand35.3%
  • Legal servicesR$ 4 thousand31.0%
  • Accounting servicesR$ 3 thousand23.3%
  • Printed materialsR$ 7505.8%
  • 1 other categoryR$ 6004.7%
2024City councillor, São Lourenço da Mata (PE)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 6 thousand
donations from individuals
individuals 93% · own funds 7%
Spending contracted
R$ 6 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 6 thousand99.6%
  • Financial charges, bank fees and/or credit card operationsR$ 210.4%
2020City councillor, São Lourenço da Mata (PE)See donors and spending ›
Raised
no income reported
Spending contracted
no spending reported in the TSE data
See the previous campaign
2016City councillor, São Lourenço da Mata (PE)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 650
donations from individuals
individuals 100%
Spending contracted
R$ 650
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Third-party servicesR$ 650100.0%

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 20/10/2026; 2024: TSE data of 14/09/2026; 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.

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Candidacies

7 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.

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.