Cristina Mel (PSDB) became an alternate for federal deputy for Rio de Janeiro in 2026, with 8,273 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Cristina Mel (Maria Cristina Mel de Almeida Costa) ran in 4 elections between 2018 and 2026, for federal deputy and city councillor. Not listed as elected in any of them in the TSE results. The highest vote was in 2022, for federal deputy for RJ: 23,936 votes. In the 2026 campaign for federal deputy for RJ, reported R$ 609 thousand in income: R$ 600 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 4 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 140 from private donations (an online crowdfunding campaign) and R$ 5 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 444 thousand, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 268 thousand), accounting services (R$ 56 thousand) and production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 45 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$ 191 thousand in 2024 and R$ 547 thousand in 2022.
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Vote trend across elections
8,273 votes in 2026 · 4 elections
The votes of Maria Cristina Mel de Almeida Costa 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
2026 (partial): R$ 609 thousand in income · R$ 444 thousand em gastos contratados
Cristina Mel reported income and spending to the TSE in 4 campaigns: federal deputy for Rio de Janeiro in 2018, 2022 and 2026, and city councillor in Nova Iguaçu (RJ) in 2024. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 609 thousand in income: R$ 600 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 4 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 140 from private donations (an online crowdfunding campaign) and R$ 5 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 444 thousand, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 268 thousand) and accounting services (R$ 56 thousand); R$ 256 thousand has already been paid. In 2024, R$ 191 thousand in committed spending; in 2022, 91% of the R$ 547 thousand in committed spending went to mail and postage. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.
Income in 2026R$ 609 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 444 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 256 thousand paid
Spending in 2024R$ 191 thousandcontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns42018, 2022, 2024 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)
FEFC 48% · Party Fund 11% · party and other campaigns 4% · individuals 38%
Spending contracted
R$ 21 thousand
all paid (100%)
StaffR$ 8 thousand39.3%
Printed materialsR$ 4 thousand17.4%
Production of jingles, vignettes and slogansR$ 3 thousand14.4%
Content boostingR$ 1 thousand4.7%
3 other categoriesincludes R$ 4 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 5 thousand24.2%
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; 2022: TSE data of 13/09/2026; 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.
This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.
Federal Deputy · 2026ALTERNATE8,273GRJ · 62 years · White · Higher education, complete · Servidor Público Civil Aposentado · PSDB · no. 4553 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 2024ALTERNATE1,413LNova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro · 60 years · White · Higher education, complete · Cantor e Compositor · PL · no. 22377 · see full resultcampaign finance report
Federal Deputy · 2022ALTERNATE23,936GRJ · 58 years · White · Higher education, complete · Cantor e Compositor · UNIÃO · no. 4443 · see full resultcampaign finance report
Federal Deputy · 20189,882not electedGRJ · 54 years · White · Higher education, complete · Cantor e Compositor · PATRIOTA · no. 5123 · see full resultcampaign finance report
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.
