Paulo Bufalo (Paulo Roberto Búfalo) ran in 13 elections between 2000 and 2024, for city councillor, state deputy, governor and mayor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 4 times: city councillor of Campinas in 2020, 2012, 2004 and 2000. The highest vote was in 2010, for governor for SP: 75,895 votes, annulled according to the TSE data. In the 2024 campaign for city councillor in Campinas/SP, reported R$ 189 thousand in income: R$ 181 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 5 thousand from private donations (an online crowdfunding campaign) and R$ 4 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 186 thousand, mainly on staff (R$ 52 thousand), content boosting (R$ 49 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 44 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, spent R$ 82 thousand in 2022 and R$ 45 thousand in 2020.
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Vote trend across elections
3,173 votes in 2024 · 13 elections
The votes of Paulo Roberto Bufalo 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. "Annulled votes" = votes cast in the voting machines that, according to the TSE data, do not count among the valid votes (the registration status is in the list below). 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
2024: R$ 189 thousand in income · R$ 186 thousand em gastos
Paulo Bufalo reported income and spending to the TSE in 10 campaigns: state deputy for São Paulo in 2006, 2014, 2018 and 2022, mayor in Campinas (SP) in 2008, governor for São Paulo in 2010, and city councillor in Campinas (SP) in 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2024, reported R$ 189 thousand in income: R$ 181 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 5 thousand from private donations (an online crowdfunding campaign) and R$ 4 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 186 thousand, mainly on staff (R$ 52 thousand) and content boosting (R$ 49 thousand). In 2022, R$ 82 thousand in spending; in 2020, R$ 45 thousand in spending.
Income in 2024R$ 189 thousandcampaign closed
Spending in 2024R$ 186 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2022R$ 82 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns10from 2006 to 2024
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Electoral Fund (FEFC)
Party Fund
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 8 thousand26.2%
Printed materialsR$ 7 thousand23.2%
Despesas postaisR$ 6 thousand19.1%
Advertising with sound carsR$ 2 thousand7.5%
7 other categoriesincludes R$ 300 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 7 thousand23.9%
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. 2024: TSE data of 14/09/2026; 2022: TSE data of 13/09/2026; 2020: TSE data of 12/09/2026; 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.
This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.
City Councillor · 2024ALTERNATE3,173LCampinas, São Paulo · 57 years · White · Higher education, complete · Vereador · PSOL · no. 50000 · see full result
City Councillor · 2020ELECTED · REMAINDER3,374LCampinas, São Paulo · 53 years · White · Higher education, complete · Professor de Ensino Médio · PSOL · no. 50000 · see full resultcampaign finance report
State Deputy · 2018ALTERNATE6,763GSP · 51 years · White · Higher education, complete · Professor e Instrutor de Formação Profissional · PSOL · no. 50777 · see full result
City Councillor · 2016ALTERNATE6,355LCampinas, São Paulo · 49 years · White · Higher education, complete · Professor e Instrutor de Formação Profissional · PSOL · no. 50000 · see full resultcampaign finance report
State Deputy · 2014ALTERNATE15,583GSP · 47 years · White · Higher education, complete · Professor de Ensino Médio · PSOL · no. 50777 · see full result
City Councillor · 2012ELECTED6,138LCampinas, São Paulo · 45 years · Secondary education, complete · Professor de Ensino Médio · PSOL · no. 50000 · see full resultcampaign finance report
Governor · 2010ANNULLED VOTESINDEFERIDO75,895GSP · 43 years · Higher education, complete · Servidor Público Estadual · PSOL · no. 50 · votes outside the valid votes, according to the TSE data · see full result
Mayor · 2008NOT ELECTED10,107LCampinas, São Paulo · 41 years · Higher education, complete · Professor de Ensino Médio · PSOL · no. 50 · see full result
City Councillor · 2004ELECTED4,255LCampinas, São Paulo · 37 years · Higher education, complete · Senador, Deputado e Vereador · PT · no. 13613 · see full result
State Deputy · 2002ALTERNATE16,030GSP · 35 years · Higher education, complete · Engenheiro · PT · no. 13136 · see full result
Coligação: PT / PCB / PC do B
City Councillor · 2000ELECTED4,307LCampinas, São Paulo · 33 years · Higher education, complete · Professor de Ensino de Primeiro e Segundo Graus · PT · no. 13613 · see full result
Coligação: PT / PSTU
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.