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Paulo Ovídio

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Paulo Ovídio
Paulo Ovídio Andrade de Melo Junior (legal name)
3 elections between 2020 and 2026 · CIDADANIA
28 years old in 2026 · Male · Secondary education, complete
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Candidate for Federal Deputy · Rio Grande do Norte · 2026 elections · CIDADANIA · no. 2345
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Paulo Ovídio (CIDADANIA) got 197 votes for federal deputy for Rio Grande do Norte in 2026 and was not elected, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Paulo Ovídio (Paulo Ovídio Andrade de Melo Junior) ran in 3 elections between 2020 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 2026, for federal deputy for RN: 197 votes. In the 2026 campaign for federal deputy for RN, reported R$ 85 thousand in income, from the Electoral Fund (FEFC). Contracted spending totals R$ 996, mainly on food (R$ 996). 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, spent R$ 34 thousand in 2024 (56% on activists and street mobilization) and R$ 4 thousand in 2020.

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Vote trend across elections

197 votes in 2026 · 3 elections

The votes of Paulo Ovídio Andrade de Melo Junior 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.

City CouncillorFederal Dep.

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$ 85 thousand in income · R$ 996 em gastos contratados

Paulo Ovídio reported income and spending to the TSE in 3 campaigns: city councillor in Natal (RN) in 2020 and 2024, and federal deputy for Rio Grande do Norte 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$ 85 thousand in income, from the Electoral Fund (FEFC). Contracted spending totals R$ 996, mainly on food (R$ 996); R$ 996 has already been paid. In 2024, 56% of the R$ 34 thousand in spending went to activists and street mobilization; in 2020, 40% of the R$ 4 thousand in spending went to production of jingles, vignettes and slogans. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 85 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 996contracted, partial; R$ 996 paid
Spending in 2024R$ 34 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns32020, 2024 and 2026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
2026partialFederal deputy, Rio Grande do NorteSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 85 thousand
no donations from individuals
FEFC 100%
Spending contracted
R$ 996
paid so far: R$ 996 (99%)
  • FoodR$ 996100.0%
2024City councillor, Natal (RN)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 36 thousand
donations from individuals
FEFC 94% · individuals 6%
Spending contracted
R$ 34 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 19 thousand56.0%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 10 thousand28.5%
  • Printed materialsR$ 3 thousand8.9%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 9202.7%
  • 3 other categoriesR$ 1 thousand3.9%
2020City councillor, Natal (RN)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 8 thousand
no donations from individuals
FEFC 100%
Spending contracted
R$ 4 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Production of jingles, vignettes and slogansR$ 2 thousand40.1%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 1 thousand25.1%
  • Creation and inclusion of web pagesR$ 90022.5%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 3007.5%
  • 2 other categoriesR$ 1924.8%

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; 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

3 candidacies

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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