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Professor Bonatto

Valdir Bonatto (legal name)
6 elections between 1996 and 2026 · latest party PSD
66 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, complete
Professor de Ensino Superior
Candidate for State Deputy · Rio Grande do Sul · 2026 elections · PSD · no. 55888
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Professor Bonatto (PSD) became an alternate for state deputy for Rio Grande do Sul in 2026, with 24,487 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Professor Bonatto (Valdir Bonatto) ran in 6 elections between 1996 and 2026, for state deputy, mayor and deputy mayor. He was elected 3 times: state deputy in 2022; mayor of Viamão in 2020 and 2012. The highest vote was in 2022, for state deputy for RS: 48,409 votes. In the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul, directed R$ 8 million in 88 state amendments to the 2024 to 2026 budgets, to 26 municipalities; 39% of this amount has already been paid. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for RS, reported R$ 618 thousand in income: R$ 352 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 45 thousand de outras campanhas, R$ 116 thousand from private donations (20 donors) and R$ 105 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 295 thousand, mainly on third-party services (R$ 179 thousand), property rental (R$ 40 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 36 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$ 388 thousand in 2022 and R$ 272 thousand in 2020.

State Deputy · 2022
48,409
votes · RS
ELECTED
Term ends in 2026
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Vote trend across elections

24,487 votes in 2026 · 6 elections

The votes of Valdir Bonatto 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$ 618 thousand in income · R$ 295 thousand em gastos contratados

Professor Bonatto reported income and spending to the TSE in 4 campaigns: mayor in Viamão (RS) in 2012 and 2020, and state deputy for Rio Grande do Sul in 2022 and 2026. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 618 thousand in income: R$ 352 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 45 thousand de outras campanhas, R$ 116 thousand from private donations (20 donors) and R$ 105 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 295 thousand, mainly on third-party services (R$ 179 thousand) and property rental (R$ 40 thousand); R$ 163 thousand has already been paid. In 2022, R$ 388 thousand in spending; in 2020, R$ 272 thousand in spending. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 618 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 295 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 163 thousand paid
Spending in 2022R$ 388 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns42012, 2020, 2022 and 2026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Other resources from the party and other campaigns
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Companies (until 2014)
  • Own funds
2026partialState deputy, Rio Grande do SulSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 618 thousand
20 individual donors
FEFC 57% · party and other campaigns 7% · individuals 19% · own funds 17%
Spending contracted
R$ 295 thousand
paid so far: R$ 163 thousand (55%)
  • Third-party servicesR$ 179 thousand60.6%
  • Property rentalR$ 40 thousand13.6%
  • Printed materialsR$ 36 thousand12.0%
  • Advertising with sound carsR$ 25 thousand8.5%
  • 6 other categoriesR$ 16 thousand5.3%
2022State deputy, Rio Grande do SulSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 617 thousand
157 individual donors and an online crowdfunding campaign
FEFC 52% · party and other campaigns 5% · individuals 34% · own funds 9%
Spending contracted
R$ 388 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 117 thousand30.2%
  • Printed materialsR$ 55 thousand14.2%
  • Advertising with sound carsR$ 50 thousand12.9%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 40 thousand10.3%
  • 9 other categoriesR$ 126 thousand32.4%
2020Mayor, Viamão (RS)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 292 thousand
21 individual donors
FEFC 86% · individuals 7% · own funds 7%
Spending contracted
R$ 272 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 103 thousand38.0%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 40 thousand14.9%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 33 thousand12.1%
  • Election polls or testsR$ 28 thousand10.1%
  • 8 other categoriesincludes R$ 72 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 68 thousand24.9%
See the previous campaign
2012Mayor, Viamão (RS)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 305 thousand
9 individual donors
party 16% · individuals 13% · companies 53% · own funds 18%
Spending contracted
R$ 217 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 112 thousand51.5%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 30 thousand13.8%
  • Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 18 thousand8.5%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 12 thousand5.5%
  • 7 other categoriesincludes R$ 19 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 45 thousand20.7%

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; 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.

See donors, suppliers and spending ›

Legislative amendments

R$ 8 million directed · 39% paid · 88 amendments in 26 municipalities

Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul. 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 Rio Grande do Sul, Professor Bonatto directed R$ 8 million in 88 state amendments to the 2024 to 2026 budgets (legislative term 2023 a 2026), to 26 municipalities. As of the data collection at the source, 39% of this amount had been paid. The agency that received the most was Secretaria da Saúde (56%). The cities that received the most were Viamão, Porto Alegre and Gravataí.2

SponsoredR$ 8 million2024 to 2026 budgets
PaidR$ 3.1 million39% of the amount directed
Amendments88state
Municipalities26different
By budget year
BudgetSponsoredPaid% paidAmendmentsMunicipalities
2026R$ 4 millionR$ 600 thousand15%4622
2025R$ 2 millionR$ 1.2 million60%2511
2024R$ 2 millionR$ 1.3 million65%178
TotalR$ 8 millionR$ 3.1 million39%8826

Agencies that received the most

  1. 1Secretaria da SaúdeR$ 4.5 million55.6%
  2. 2Secretaria de Justiça, Cidadania e Direitos HumanosR$ 1.1 million13.8%
  3. 3Secretaria da CulturaR$ 750 thousand9.4%

Municipalities that received the most

  1. 1ViamãoR$ 3.9 million48.8%
  2. 2Porto AlegreR$ 850 thousand10.6%
  3. 3GravataíR$ 450 thousand5.6%

Source: Transparencia RS — Emendas Parlamentares Estaduais (export Power BI, layout atual), 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.

See all amendments in the Amendments Radar ›

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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 Rio Grande do Sul state government and the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul. 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 Rio Grande do Sul state government and the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul. ↩

Candidacies

6 candidacies · elected in 2012, 2020 and 2022

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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