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Jair Bolsonaro

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Jair Bolsonaro
Jair Messias Bolsonaro (legal name)
9 elections between 1990 and 2022 · latest party PL
67 years old in 2022 · Male · Higher education, complete
Presidente da República
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Jair Bolsonaro (Jair Messias Bolsonaro) ran in 9 elections between 1990 and 2022, for president and federal deputy, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 8 times: president in 2018; federal deputy in 2014, 2010, 2006, 2002, 1998, 1994 and 1990. The highest vote was in 2022, for president: 58,206,354 votes. In the Chamber of Deputies, had R$ 48.8 million committed in 76 individual amendments to the 2016 to 2019 budgets, to 141 municipalities; 97% has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. In the 2022 campaign for president, reported R$ 126.1 million in income: R$ 2 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 29.4 million from the Party Fund, R$ 5.7 million de outros recursos do partido e de outras campanhas and R$ 88.7 million from private donations (368,651 donors and an online crowdfunding campaign). Contracted spending totals R$ 89.1 million, mainly on content boosting (R$ 33 million), third-party services (R$ 16.5 million) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 12.6 million). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 2.5 million in 2018 and R$ 405 thousand in 2014.

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Vote trend across elections

51,072,345 votes in 2022 · 9 elections

The votes of Jair Messias Bolsonaro 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.

Federal Dep.President

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

2022: R$ 126.1 million in income · R$ 89.1 million em gastos

Jair Bolsonaro reported income and spending to the TSE in 5 campaigns: federal deputy for Rio de Janeiro in 2006, 2010 and 2014, and president in 2018 and 2022. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2022, reported R$ 126.1 million in income: R$ 2 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 29.4 million from the Party Fund, R$ 5.7 million de outros recursos do partido e de outras campanhas and R$ 88.7 million from private donations (368,651 donors and an online crowdfunding campaign). Contracted spending totals R$ 89.1 million, mainly on content boosting (R$ 33 million) and third-party services (R$ 16.5 million). In 2018, R$ 2.5 million in spending; in 2014, R$ 405 thousand in committed spending.

Income in 2022R$ 126.1 millioncampaign closed
Spending in 2022R$ 89.1 millioncampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2018R$ 2.5 millioncampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns5from 2006 to 2022

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Party Fund
  • Other resources from the party and other campaigns
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Own funds
Raised
R$ 126.1 million
368,651 individual donors and an online crowdfunding campaign
FEFC 2% · Party Fund 23% · party and other campaigns 5% · individuals 70%
Spending contracted
R$ 89.1 million
all paid (100%)
  • Content boostingR$ 33 million37.1%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 16.5 million18.5%
  • Printed materialsR$ 12.6 million14.1%
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 10.9 million12.2%
  • 20 other categoriesincludes R$ 5.5 million donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 16.1 million18.1%
Raised
R$ 4.4 million
34 individual donors and an online crowdfunding campaign
Party Fund 3% · party 11% · individuals 86%
Spending contracted
R$ 2.5 million
all paid (100%)
  • Third-party servicesR$ 802 thousand32.6%
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 675 thousand27.5%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 308 thousand12.5%
  • Crowdfunding administration feeR$ 184 thousand7.5%
  • 7 other categoriesincludes R$ 10 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 345 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 487 thousand19.8%
2014Federal deputy, Rio de JaneiroSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 405 thousand
no donations from individuals
Party Fund 49% · party 50% · own funds 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 405 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 85 thousand21.0%
  • Printed materialsR$ 60 thousand14.8%
  • Mail and postageR$ 46 thousand11.3%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 12 thousand3.0%
  • 3 other categoriesincludes R$ 200 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 202 thousand49.9%
See the 2 previous campaigns
2010Federal deputy, Rio de JaneiroSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 196 thousand
no donations from individuals
Party Fund 46% · party and other campaigns 49% · own funds 5%
Spending contracted
R$ 196 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Despesas postaisR$ 62 thousand31.6%
  • Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 43 thousand22.0%
  • Printed materialsR$ 34 thousand17.2%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 6 thousand3.2%
  • 3 other categoriesR$ 51 thousand26.0%
2006Federal deputy, Rio de JaneiroSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 20 thousand
donations from individuals
individuals 50% · own funds 50%
Spending contracted
R$ 20 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 14 thousand69.0%
  • Despesas postaisR$ 4 thousand20.6%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 1 thousand6.0%
  • Creation and inclusion of web pagesR$ 3801.9%
  • 3 other categoriesincludes R$ 6 donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 4892.4%

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. 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$ 48.8 million committed · 97% paid · 76 amendments in 141 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, Jair Bolsonaro had R$ 48.8 million committed (amount pledged by the government) in 76 individual amendments to the 2016 to 2019 budgets (legislative term 2015 a 2018), to 141 municipalities. R$ 47.6 million (97%) has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. The area that received the most was Defesa Nacional (52%). The cities that received the most were Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and São José.2

CommittedR$ 48.8 million2016 to 2019 budgets
PaidR$ 47.6 million97% of the committed amount, with carried-over payables
Amendments76individual
Municipalities141different
By budget year
BudgetCommittedPaid% paidAmendmentsMunicipalities
2019R$ 14.2 millionR$ 14.1 million99%2068
2018R$ 14.4 millionR$ 13 million90%2053
2017R$ 6.7 millionR$ 6.5 million97%1353
2016R$ 8.3 millionR$ 8.1 million98%2157
TotalR$ 43.6 millionR$ 41.7 million96%74141

Areas that received the most

  1. 1Defesa NacionalR$ 25.2 million51.6%
  2. 2SaúdeR$ 17.9 million36.6%
  3. 3Ciência e TecnologiaR$ 300 thousand0.6%

Municipalities that received the most

  1. 1Rio de JaneiroR$ 4.3 million8.7%
  2. 2São PauloR$ 2.8 million5.8%
  3. 3São JoséR$ 1.8 million3.7%

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.

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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 (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. ↩

Candidacies

9 candidacies · elected in 2010, 2014 and 2018

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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