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Lessa
Marcelo de Souza Lessa (legal name)
7 elections between 2012 and 2026 · latest party PSDB
50 years old in 2026 · Male · Secondary education, complete
Empresário
Candidate for State Deputy · Rio de Janeiro · 2026 elections · PSDB · no. 45777
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Lessa (PSDB) became an alternate for state deputy for Rio de Janeiro in 2026, with 663 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Lessa (Marcelo de Souza Lessa) ran in 7 elections between 2012 and 2026, for state deputy, city councillor and federal deputy. He was elected 1 time: city councillor of Petrópolis in 2020. The highest vote was in 2014, for federal deputy for RJ: 7,964 votes. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for RJ, reported R$ 46 thousand in income: R$ 5 thousand from the Party Fund and R$ 41 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 44 thousand, mainly on staff (R$ 30 thousand), content boosting (R$ 8 thousand) and advertising with sound cars (R$ 5 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$ 303 thousand in 2024 (60% on activists and street mobilization) and R$ 136 thousand in 2022.

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Vote trend across elections

663 votes in 2026 · 7 elections

The votes of Marcelo de Souza Lessa 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$ 46 thousand in income · R$ 44 thousand em gastos contratados

Lessa reported income and spending to the TSE in 7 campaigns: city councillor in Petrópolis (RJ) in 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024, federal deputy for Rio de Janeiro in 2014 and 2022, 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$ 46 thousand in income: R$ 5 thousand from the Party Fund and R$ 41 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 44 thousand, mainly on staff (R$ 30 thousand) and content boosting (R$ 8 thousand); R$ 38 thousand has already been paid. In 2024, 60% of the R$ 303 thousand in committed spending went to activists and street mobilization; in 2022, R$ 136 thousand in committed spending. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 46 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 44 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 38 thousand paid
Spending in 2024R$ 303 thousandcontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns7from 2012 to 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
2026partialState deputy, Rio de JaneiroSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 46 thousand
no donations from individuals
Party Fund 10% · own funds 90%
Spending contracted
R$ 44 thousand
paid so far: R$ 38 thousand (87%)
  • StaffR$ 30 thousand68.4%
  • Content boostingR$ 8 thousand18.4%
  • Advertising with sound carsR$ 5 thousand11.4%
  • Transportation or travelR$ 5031.2%
  • 2 other categoriesR$ 2970.7%
2024City councillor, Petrópolis (RJ)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 304 thousand
donations from individuals
FEFC 99% · individuals less than 1% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 303 thousand
paid: R$ 303 thousand (99%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 181 thousand59.8%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 30 thousand9.8%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 21 thousand7.0%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 19 thousand6.3%
  • 8 other categoriesR$ 52 thousand17.1%
2022Federal deputy, Rio de JaneiroSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 122 thousand
4 individual donors
FEFC 66% · individuals 11% · own funds 24%
Spending contracted
R$ 136 thousand
paid: R$ 124 thousand (91%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 39 thousand28.9%
  • Printed materialsR$ 27 thousand19.9%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 22 thousand16.1%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 7 thousand5.1%
  • 6 other categoriesincludes R$ 21 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 41 thousand30.1%
See the 4 previous campaigns
2020City councillor, Petrópolis (RJ)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 73 thousand
11 individual donors
FEFC 7% · party and other campaigns 2% · individuals 59% · own funds 32%
Spending contracted
R$ 59 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Third-party servicesR$ 18 thousand31.4%
  • Printed materialsR$ 10 thousand16.8%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 7 thousand12.1%
  • Content boostingR$ 6 thousand10.2%
  • 7 other categoriesR$ 17 thousand29.5%
2016City councillor, Petrópolis (RJ)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 60 thousand
14 individual donors
party and other campaigns 2% · individuals 54% · own funds 44%
Spending contracted
R$ 60 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Third-party servicesR$ 24 thousand39.7%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 19 thousand31.6%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 8 thousand13.2%
  • Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 3 thousand4.4%
  • 7 other categoriesR$ 7 thousand11.0%
2014Federal deputy, Rio de JaneiroSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 18 thousand
7 individual donors
party and other campaigns 21% · individuals 59% · companies 3% · own funds 17%
Spending contracted
R$ 18 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Third-party servicesR$ 6 thousand35.4%
  • Printed materialsR$ 4 thousand25.3%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 3 thousand16.9%
  • Advertising with sound carsR$ 1 thousand6.8%
  • 5 other categoriesR$ 3 thousand15.7%
2012City councillor, Petrópolis (RJ)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 48 thousand
17 individual donors
party and other campaigns 3% · individuals 49% · own funds 48%
Spending contracted
R$ 24 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 14 thousand56.7%
  • Printed materialsR$ 6 thousand25.2%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 2 thousand9.5%
  • FoodR$ 1 thousand5.1%
  • 2 other categoriesR$ 8503.5%

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; 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 2020

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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