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Nelsinho Ruas (PL) was elected state deputy for Rio de Janeiro in 2026, with 70,552 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Nelsinho Ruas (Nelson Ruas dos Santos Filho) ran in 3 elections between 2020 and 2026, for state deputy and city councillor. He was elected 3 times: state deputy in 2026; city councillor of São Gonçalo in 2024 and 2020. The highest vote was in 2026, for state deputy for RJ: 70,552 votes. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for RJ, reported R$ 840 thousand in income: R$ 500 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 250 thousand from private donations (14 donors) and R$ 90 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 421 thousand, mainly on staff (R$ 153 thousand), advertising with printed materials (R$ 62 thousand) and candidacy promotion events (R$ 39 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, spent R$ 210 thousand in 2024 (59% on staff) and R$ 52 thousand in 2020.
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The votes of Nelson Ruas dos Santos Filho 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.
Nelsinho Ruas reported income and spending to the TSE in 3 campaigns: city councillor in São Gonçalo (RJ) in 2020 and 2024, and state deputy for Rio de Janeiro 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$ 840 thousand in income: R$ 500 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 250 thousand from private donations (14 donors) and R$ 90 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 421 thousand, mainly on staff (R$ 153 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 62 thousand); R$ 87 thousand has already been paid. In 2024, 59% of the R$ 210 thousand in spending went to staff; in 2020, R$ 52 thousand in spending. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 18/10/2026.
Fundraising, where the money came from:
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; 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.
This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.
State Deputy · 2026ELECTED70,552GRJ · 39 years · White · Higher education, complete · Vereador · PL · no. 22022 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 2024ELECTED11,079LSão Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro · 37 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Vereador · PL · no. 22222 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 2020ELECTED3,140LSão Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro · 33 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Secondary education, complete · AVANTE · no. 70136 · see full resultcampaign finance reportG 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.
