Fernando Bezerra Coelho (Fernando Bezerra de Souza Coelho) ran in 4 elections between 1998 and 2014, for senator, mayor and vice governor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 3 times: senator in 2014; mayor of Petrolina in 2004 and 2000. The highest vote was in 2014, for senator for PE: 2,655,912 votes. In the Federal Senate, had R$ 156.7 million committed in 46 individual amendments to the 2016 to 2023 budgets, to 67 municipalities; 95% has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. In the 2014 campaign for senator for PE, reported R$ 6.8 million in income: R$ 2.5 million de outros recursos do partido, R$ 135 thousand from private donations (5 donors), R$ 4.1 million from companies and R$ 50 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 6.8 million, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 2.5 million), advertising with printed materials (R$ 1.2 million) and publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixas (R$ 1 million).
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Vote trend across elections
2,655,912 votes in 2014 (elected) · 4 elections
The votes of Fernando Bezerra de Souza Coelho 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. The hatched bar marks an executive running mate or an alternate senator: they do not receive individual votes, so the bar shows the ticket votes of the main candidate (hence the "ticket" next to the number). 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
2014: R$ 6.8 million in income · R$ 6.8 million em gastos contratados
Fernando Bezerra Coelho reported income and spending to the TSE in 1 campaign: senator for Pernambuco in 2014. In the most recent campaign, in 2014, reported R$ 6.8 million in income: R$ 2.5 million de outros recursos do partido, R$ 135 thousand from private donations (5 donors), R$ 4.1 million from companies and R$ 50 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 6.8 million, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 2.5 million) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 1.2 million).
Income in 2014R$ 6.8 millioncampaign closed
Spending in 2014R$ 6.8 millioncontracted
Campaigns12014
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
party 37% · individuals 2% · companies 60% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 6.8 million
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 2.5 million36.5%
Printed materialsR$ 1.2 million17.2%
Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 1 million15.0%
Election polls or testsR$ 971 thousand14.3%
19 other categoriesincludes R$ 8 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 1.2 million17.0%
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. 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.
R$ 156.7 million committed · 95% paid · 46 amendments in 67 municipalities
Federal Senate. For information only, based on public data1 · summary and analysis generated with AI2 · data updated on 10/14/20263
In the Federal Senate, Fernando Bezerra Coelho had R$ 156.7 million committed (amount pledged by the government) in 46 individual amendments to the 2016 to 2023 budgets, to 67 municipalities. R$ 148.8 million (95%) has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. The area that received the most in the 2019 a 2022 legislative term was Saúde (75%). The cities that received the most in the 2019 a 2022 legislative term were Curitiba, Recife and Petrolina. By legislative term: in the 2019 a 2022 legislative term, R$ 101.1 million in 16 amendments; in the 2015 a 2018 legislative term, R$ 55.6 million in 30 amendments.2
CommittedR$ 156.7 million2016 to 2023 budgets
PaidR$ 148.8 million95% of the committed amount, with carried-over payables
Amendments46individual
Municipalities67different
By budget year (legislative term 2019 a 2022)
Budget
Committed
Paid
% paid
Amendments
Municipalities
2023
R$ 59 million
R$ 58.6 million
99%
4
2
2022
R$ 9.9 million
R$ 9 million
91%
5
4
2021
R$ 16.3 million
R$ 16 million
98%
4
2
2020
R$ 15.9 million
R$ 15.9 million
100%
3
2
Legislative term 2019 a 2022
R$ 101.1 million
R$ 99.6 million
98%
16
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Areas that received the most (2019 a 2022)
1SaúdeR$ 76.2 million75.4%
2TransporteR$ 20.9 million20.7%
3Direitos da CidadaniaR$ 1.8 million1.8%
Municipalities that received the most (2019 a 2022)
1CuritibaR$ 20.2 million20.0%
2RecifeR$ 2.5 million2.5%
3PetrolinaR$ 1.2 million1.2%
Source: Transparency Portal (CGU), organized by Radar do Voto, collected at the source in Oct 2026. Only individual amendments, including special transfers (the "Pix amendments"); the amount is the committed amount, and paid includes carried-over payables. Caucus, committee and rapporteur amendments, which do not have a single author, are in the dashboard.
Disclaimer. Information for reference only, organized by Radar do Voto from public data. It does not replace checking the original source: the Transparency Portal (CGU) and the Federal Senate website. Radar do Voto is not responsible for decisions made based only on this information. ↩
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Analysis generated with AI. The summary and analysis texts in this section were generated with the help of artificial intelligence from these data and may contain inaccuracies. When in doubt, the numbers from the original source prevail. ↩
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May be out of date. Committed and paid amounts change during the year, and this section may not reflect the most recent publication from the source. Data updated on 10/14/2026, collected at the source in Oct 2026. ↩
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Candidacies
4 candidacies · elected in 2000, 2004 and 2014
This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.
Senator · 2014ELECTED2,655,912GPE · 57 years · White · Higher education, complete · Administrador · PSB · no. 400 · see full result
Mayor · 2000ELECTED59,123LPetrolina, Pernambuco · 43 years · Higher education, complete · Proprietário de Estabelecimento Comercial · PPS · no. 23 · see full result
Coligação: PPS / PT / PSDB / PHS / PSL / PC do B / PT do B / PTB / PV / PST / PAN
Vice Governor · 1998NOT ELECTED744,280GPE · 41 years · Higher education, complete · Proprietário de Estabelecimento Industrial · PSB · no. 401 · a running mate does not receive individual votes · see full result
Coligação: PC do B / PSB / PT / PTB
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.
