Bruno Covas (Bruno Covas Lopes) ran in 6 elections between 2004 and 2020, for mayor, deputy mayor, federal deputy and state deputy, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 5 times: mayor of São Paulo in 2020; deputy mayor of São Paulo in 2016; federal deputy in 2014; state deputy in 2010 and 2006. The highest vote was in 2020, for mayor in São Paulo/SP: 3,169,121 votes. In the Chamber of Deputies, had R$ 23.6 million committed in 20 individual amendments to the 2016 to 2017 budgets, to 44 municipalities; 97% has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. In the 2020 campaign for mayor in São Paulo/SP, reported R$ 20.5 million in income: R$ 14.9 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 1.6 million from the Party Fund and R$ 4 million from private donations (115 donors and an online crowdfunding campaign). Contracted spending totals R$ 20.2 million, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 10.5 million), legal services (R$ 2.2 million) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 1.8 million). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 3.5 million in 2014 and R$ 1.5 million in 2010.
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Vote trend across elections
1,754,013 votes in 2020 · 6 elections
The votes of Bruno Covas Lopes 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
2020: R$ 20.5 million in income · R$ 20.2 million em gastos
Bruno Covas reported income and spending to the TSE in 4 campaigns: state deputy for São Paulo in 2006 and 2010, federal deputy for São Paulo in 2014, and mayor in São Paulo (SP) in 2020. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2020, reported R$ 20.5 million in income: R$ 14.9 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 1.6 million from the Party Fund and R$ 4 million from private donations (115 donors and an online crowdfunding campaign). Contracted spending totals R$ 20.2 million, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 10.5 million) and legal services (R$ 2.2 million). In 2014, R$ 3.5 million in committed spending; in 2010, R$ 1.5 million in committed spending.
Income in 2020R$ 20.5 millioncampaign closed
Spending in 2020R$ 20.2 millioncampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2014R$ 3.5 millioncontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns42006, 2010, 2014 and 2020
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Electoral Fund (FEFC)
Party Fund
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
115 individual donors and an online crowdfunding campaign
FEFC 73% · Party Fund 8% · individuals 20%
Spending contracted
R$ 20.2 million
all paid (100%)
Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 10.5 million52.1%
Legal servicesR$ 2.2 million11.0%
Printed materialsR$ 1.8 million9.2%
Election polls or testsR$ 1.8 million8.9%
19 other categoriesincludes R$ 30 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 200 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 3.8 million18.8%
party and other campaigns 25% · individuals 30% · companies 45%
Spending contracted
R$ 3.5 million
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
StaffR$ 950 thousand26.9%
Printed materialsR$ 705 thousand19.9%
Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 421 thousand11.9%
Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 381 thousand10.8%
17 other categoriesincludes R$ 14 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 182 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 1.1 million30.5%
party and other campaigns less than 1% · individuals 9% · companies 39% · own funds less than 1% · other 51%
Spending contracted
R$ 638 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 134 thousand21.0%
StaffR$ 108 thousand17.0%
Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 48 thousand7.5%
Printed materialsR$ 42 thousand6.6%
19 other categoriesR$ 306 thousand47.9%
Running mates and alternates do not have their own campaign account: the account is that of the main candidate's ticket.
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. 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.
R$ 23.6 million committed · 97% paid · 20 amendments in 44 municipalities
Chamber of Deputies. For information only, based on public data1 · summary and analysis generated with AI2 · data updated on 10/14/20263
In the Chamber of Deputies, Bruno Covas had R$ 23.6 million committed (amount pledged by the government) in 20 individual amendments to the 2016 to 2017 budgets (legislative term 2015 a 2018), to 44 municipalities. R$ 23 million (97%) has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. The area that received the most was Saúde (51%). The cities that received the most were São Paulo, Bertioga and Santos.2
CommittedR$ 23.6 million2016 to 2017 budgets
PaidR$ 23 million97% of the committed amount, with carried-over payables
Amendments20individual
Municipalities44different
By budget year
Budget
Committed
Paid
% paid
Amendments
Municipalities
2017
R$ 12.5 million
R$ 10.8 million
86%
16
5
2016
R$ 11.1 million
R$ 11 million
99%
4
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Total
R$ 23.6 million
R$ 21.8 million
92%
20
44
Areas that received the most
1SaúdeR$ 12 million50.9%
2UrbanismoR$ 10 million42.1%
3CulturaR$ 1.7 million7.0%
Municipalities that received the most
1São PauloR$ 4.5 million18.9%
2BertiogaR$ 993 thousand4.2%
3SantosR$ 800 thousand3.4%
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 Chamber of Deputies 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
6 candidacies · elected in 2014, 2016 and 2020
This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.
Mayor · 2020RunoffELECTED3,169,121LSão Paulo, São Paulo · 40 years · White · Higher education, complete · Prefeito · PSDB · no. 45 · see full result
Mayor · 2020First roundTO THE RUNOFF1,754,013LSão Paulo, São Paulo · 40 years · White · Higher education, complete · Prefeito · PSDB · no. 45 · see full result
Deputy Mayor · 2016ELECTED3,085,187LSão Paulo, São Paulo · 36 years · White · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PSDB · no. 45 · a running mate does not receive individual votes · see full result
Coligação: PSDB / PPS / PV / PSB / DEM / PMB / PHS / PP / PSL / PT do B / PRP / PTC / PTN
Deputy Mayor · 2004NOT ELECTED28,012LSantos, São Paulo · 24 years · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PSDB · no. 45 · a running mate does not receive individual votes · see full result
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.
