Laerte Bessa (Laerte Rodrigues de Bessa) ran in 4 elections between 2006 and 2018, for federal deputy, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 2 times: federal deputy in 2014 and 2006. The highest vote was in 2006, for federal deputy for DF: 61,850 votes. In the Chamber of Deputies, had R$ 68.7 million committed in 34 individual amendments to the 2016 to 2022 budgets, to 14 municipalities; 81% has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. In the 2018 campaign for federal deputy for DF, reported R$ 2.3 million in income: R$ 2 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 245 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 3 thousand from private donations (4 donors and an online crowdfunding campaign) and R$ 10 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 2.2 million, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 1 million), advertising with stickers (R$ 322 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 287 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 408 thousand in 2014 and R$ 41 thousand in 2010.
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Vote trend across elections
28,526 votes in 2018 · 4 elections
The votes of Laerte Rodrigues de Bessa 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. 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
2018: R$ 2.3 million in income · R$ 2.2 million em gastos
Laerte Bessa reported income and spending to the TSE in 4 campaigns: federal deputy for Distrito Federal in 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2018, reported R$ 2.3 million in income: R$ 2 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 245 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 3 thousand from private donations (4 donors and an online crowdfunding campaign) and R$ 10 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 2.2 million, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 1 million) and advertising with stickers (R$ 322 thousand). In 2014, R$ 408 thousand in committed spending; in 2010, 45% of the R$ 41 thousand in committed spending went to advertising with printed materials.
Income in 2018R$ 2.3 millioncampaign closed
Spending in 2018R$ 2.2 millioncampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2014R$ 408 thousandcontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns42006, 2010, 2014 and 2018
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Electoral Fund (FEFC)
Party Fund
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
4 individual donors and an online crowdfunding campaign
FEFC 89% · Party Fund 11% · individuals less than 1% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 2.2 million
all paid (100%)
Activists and street mobilizationR$ 1 million48.3%
Advertising with stickersR$ 322 thousand14.9%
Printed materialsR$ 287 thousand13.3%
Third-party servicesR$ 221 thousand10.2%
10 other categoriesincludes R$ 160 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 9 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 287 thousand13.3%
Party Fund 73% · party 25% · individuals 1% · companies less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 408 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Printed materialsR$ 131 thousand32.1%
StaffR$ 100 thousand24.5%
Activists and street mobilizationR$ 88 thousand21.6%
Third-party servicesR$ 22 thousand5.3%
7 other categoriesincludes R$ 3 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 26 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 67 thousand16.5%
party and other campaigns 2% · individuals 15% · companies 79% · own funds 4%
Spending contracted
R$ 510 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Third-party servicesR$ 148 thousand29.1%
Fuel and lubricantsR$ 68 thousand13.3%
Printed materialsR$ 51 thousand10.0%
Advertising with sound carsR$ 25 thousand5.0%
18 other categoriesincludes R$ 56 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 217 thousand42.6%
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. 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.
R$ 68.7 million committed · 81% paid · 34 amendments in 14 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, Laerte Bessa had R$ 68.7 million committed (amount pledged by the government) in 34 individual amendments to the 2016 to 2022 budgets, to 14 municipalities. R$ 55.5 million (81%) has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. The area that received the most in the 2019 a 2022 legislative term was Saúde (40%). The cities that received the most in the 2019 a 2022 legislative term were Novo Gama, Planaltina and Cidade Ocidental. By legislative term: in the 2019 a 2022 legislative term, R$ 15.6 million in 12 amendments; in the 2015 a 2018 legislative term, R$ 53.1 million in 22 amendments.2
CommittedR$ 68.7 million2016 to 2022 budgets
PaidR$ 55.5 million81% of the committed amount, with carried-over payables
Amendments34individual
Municipalities14different
By budget year (legislative term 2019 a 2022)
Budget
Committed
Paid
% paid
Amendments
Municipalities
2022
R$ 10.9 million
R$ 9.4 million
85%
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Areas that received the most (2019 a 2022)
1SaúdeR$ 6.2 million39.9%
2UrbanismoR$ 2.5 million16.0%
3Comércio e ServiçosR$ 1 million6.4%
Municipalities that received the most (2019 a 2022)
1Novo GamaR$ 1.9 million12.3%
2PlanaltinaR$ 1.4 million9.3%
3Cidade OcidentalR$ 799 thousand5.1%
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
4 candidacies · elected in 2006 and 2014
This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.
Federal Deputy · 2018ALTERNATE28,526GDF · 64 years · White · Higher education, complete · Deputado · PR · no. 2222 · 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.
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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.
