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Ricardo Nezinho

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Ricardo Nezinho
Ricardo Pereira Melo (legal name)
10 elections between 1996 and 2026 · latest party MDB
59 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, complete
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Candidate for State Deputy · Alagoas · 2026 elections · MDB · no. 15111
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Ricardo Nezinho (MDB) was elected state deputy for Alagoas in 2026, with 55,840 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Ricardo Nezinho (Ricardo Pereira Melo) ran in 10 elections between 1996 and 2026, for state deputy, mayor and city councillor. He was elected 9 times: state deputy in 2026, 2022, 2018, 2014, 2010 and 2006; city councillor of Arapiraca in 2004, 2000 and 1996. The highest vote was in 2026, for state deputy for AL: 55,840 votes. In the Legislative Assembly of Alagoas, directed R$ 15.2 million in 30 state amendments to the 2026 budget, to 2 municipalities; 32% of this amount has already been paid. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for AL, reported R$ 327 thousand in income: R$ 125 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 75 thousand from private donations (6 donors) and R$ 127 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 302 thousand, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 99 thousand), advertising with printed materials (R$ 95 thousand) and third-party services (R$ 43 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, spent R$ 346 thousand in 2022 and R$ 229 thousand in 2018.

State Deputy · 2026
55,840
votes · AL
ELECTED
Term ends in 2030
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Vote trend across elections

55,840 votes in 2026 (elected) · 10 elections

The votes of Ricardo Pereira Melo 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$ 327 thousand in income · R$ 302 thousand em gastos contratados

Ricardo Nezinho reported income and spending to the TSE in 7 campaigns: state deputy for Alagoas in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026, and mayor in Arapiraca (AL) in 2016. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. Did not receive the Electoral Fund (FEFC) in any of the 3 campaigns from 2018 on. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 327 thousand in income: R$ 125 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 75 thousand from private donations (6 donors) and R$ 127 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 302 thousand, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 99 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 95 thousand); R$ 295 thousand has already been paid. In 2022, R$ 346 thousand in spending; in 2018, R$ 229 thousand in spending. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 327 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 302 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 295 thousand paid
Spending in 2022R$ 346 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns7from 2006 to 2026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Party Fund
  • Other resources from the party and other campaigns
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Companies (until 2014)
  • Own funds
2026partialState deputy, AlagoasSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 327 thousand
6 individual donors
Party Fund 38% · individuals 23% · own funds 39%
Spending contracted
R$ 302 thousand
paid so far: R$ 295 thousand (98%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 99 thousand32.7%
  • Printed materialsR$ 95 thousand31.4%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 43 thousand14.2%
  • Legal servicesR$ 20 thousand6.6%
  • 6 other categoriesR$ 46 thousand15.1%
2022State deputy, AlagoasSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 378 thousand
10 individual donors
individuals 73% · own funds 27%
Spending contracted
R$ 346 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 99 thousand28.5%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 61 thousand17.5%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 52 thousand14.9%
  • Advertising with sound carsR$ 32 thousand9.2%
  • 9 other categoriesR$ 103 thousand29.8%
2018State deputy, AlagoasSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 265 thousand
13 individual donors
party and other campaigns less than 1% · individuals 77% · own funds 23%
Spending contracted
R$ 229 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 64 thousand27.7%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 30 thousand13.1%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 23 thousand9.8%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 20 thousand8.5%
  • 10 other categoriesincludes R$ 29 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 94 thousand40.8%
See the 4 previous campaigns
2016Mayor, Arapiraca (AL)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 1 million
58 individual donors
individuals 93% · own funds 7%
Spending contracted
R$ 1 million
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Advertising with sound carsR$ 158 thousand15.3%
  • Printed materialsR$ 154 thousand14.9%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 126 thousand12.1%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 85 thousand8.2%
  • 11 other categoriesincludes R$ 211 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 511 thousand49.4%
2014State deputy, AlagoasSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 735 thousand
10 individual donors
party and other campaigns 55% · individuals 7% · companies 7% · own funds 32%
Spending contracted
R$ 735 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 207 thousand28.2%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 134 thousand18.2%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 129 thousand17.5%
  • StaffR$ 99 thousand13.5%
  • 12 other categoriesincludes R$ 16 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 166 thousand22.6%
2010State deputy, AlagoasSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 234 thousand
7 individual donors
party and other campaigns 30% · individuals 32% · own funds 38%
Spending contracted
R$ 234 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Third-party servicesR$ 44 thousand18.6%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 32 thousand13.7%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 32 thousand13.6%
  • Printed materialsR$ 31 thousand13.1%
  • 12 other categoriesR$ 96 thousand41.0%
2006State deputy, AlagoasSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 182 thousand
no donations from individuals
own funds 100%
Spending contracted
R$ 182 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 80 thousand43.6%
  • Printed materialsR$ 59 thousand32.6%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 31 thousand17.0%
  • FoodR$ 7 thousand3.9%
  • 5 other categoriesincludes R$ 960 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 5 thousand2.8%

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; 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.

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Legislative amendments

R$ 15.2 million directed · 32% paid · 30 amendments in 2 municipalities

Legislative Assembly of Alagoas. For information only, based on public data1 · summary and analysis generated with AI2 · may be out of date3 · approximate state figures4

In the Legislative Assembly of Alagoas, Ricardo Nezinho directed R$ 15.2 million in 30 state amendments to the 2026 budget (legislative term 2023 a 2026), to 2 municipalities. As of the data collection at the source, 32% of this amount had been paid. The agency that received the most was Fundo Estadual de Saúde (82%). The cities that received the most were Maceió and Arapiraca.2

SponsoredR$ 15.2 million2026 budget
PaidR$ 4.8 million32% of the amount directed
Amendments30state
Municipalities2different
By budget year
BudgetSponsoredPaid% paidAmendmentsMunicipalities
2026R$ 15.2 millionR$ 4.8 million32%302

Agencies that received the most

  1. 1Fundo Estadual de SaúdeR$ 12.5 million82.3%
  2. 2Secretaria de Estado do Planejamento, Gestão e PatrimônioR$ 2.4 million16.1%
  3. 3Secretaria de Estado da Cultura e Economia CriativaR$ 240 thousand1.6%

Municipalities that received the most

  1. 1MaceióR$ 10.2 million67.5%
  2. 2ArapiracaR$ 190 thousand1.3%

Source: Assembleia Legislativa de Alagoas (ALE/AL) — Emendas Parlamentares Estaduais 2026, organized by Radar do Voto. The total leaves out blocked amendments and caucus, committee and rapporteur amendments, which do not have a single author. "Paid" is the current stage of each amendment at the source.

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    Disclaimer. Information for reference only, organized by Radar do Voto from public data. It does not replace checking the original source: the transparency portal of the Alagoas state government and the Legislative Assembly of Alagoas. 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. ↩

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    About the state data. Each state publishes legislative amendments in its own format, with different levels of detail and publication deadlines. That is why there may be amendments without an identified municipality, amounts reallocated to another purpose and payments that only appear at the source some time later. The state figures in this profile are an approximation: before any formal use, check the transparency portal of the Alagoas state government and the Legislative Assembly of Alagoas. ↩

Candidacies

10 candidacies · elected in 2018, 2022 and 2026

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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