João da Costa (João da Costa Bezerra Filho) ran in 8 elections between 2006 and 2024, for city councillor, state deputy, federal deputy and mayor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 2 times: mayor of Recife in 2008; state deputy in 2006. The highest vote was in 2008, for mayor in Recife/PE: 432,707 votes. In the 2024 campaign for city councillor in Recife/PE, reported R$ 117 thousand in income: R$ 101 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 13 thousand from private donations (4 donors) and R$ 3 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 112 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 29 thousand), advertising with stickers (R$ 26 thousand) and third-party services (R$ 15 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, spent R$ 121 thousand in 2022 and R$ 79 thousand in 2020.
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Vote trend across elections
3,373 votes in 2024 · 8 elections
The votes of João da Costa Bezerra Filho 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
2024: R$ 117 thousand in income · R$ 112 thousand em gastos
João da Costa reported income and spending to the TSE in 8 campaigns: state deputy for Pernambuco in 2006, 2018 and 2022, mayor in Recife (PE) in 2008, federal deputy for Pernambuco in 2014, and city councillor in Recife (PE) in 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$ 117 thousand in income: R$ 101 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 13 thousand from private donations (4 donors) and R$ 3 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 112 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 29 thousand) and advertising with stickers (R$ 26 thousand). In 2022, R$ 121 thousand in spending; in 2020, R$ 79 thousand in spending.
Income in 2024R$ 117 thousandcampaign closed
Spending in 2024R$ 112 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2022R$ 121 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns8from 2006 to 2024
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Electoral Fund (FEFC)
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
individuals 13% · companies 55% · own funds 2% · other 30%
Spending contracted
R$ 413 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Printed materialsR$ 59 thousand14.2%
Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 51 thousand12.3%
TelephoneR$ 47 thousand11.4%
Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 30 thousand7.3%
18 other categoriesincludes R$ 3 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 227 thousand54.9%
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 · 2024ALTERNATE3,373LRecife, Pernambuco · 64 years · White · Higher education, complete · Administrador · PT · no. 13144 · see full result
City Councillor · 2020ALTERNATE5,802LRecife, Pernambuco · 60 years · White · Higher education, complete · Administrador · PT · no. 13144 · see full resultcampaign finance report
State Deputy · 2018ALTERNATE15,715GPE · 58 years · White · Higher education, incomplete · Administrador · PT · no. 13144 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 2016ALTERNATE5,545LRecife, Pernambuco · 56 years · White · Higher education, incomplete · Empresário · PT · no. 13144 · 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.
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.
City Councillor · 2024ALTERNATE3,373LRecife, Pernambuco · 64 years · White · Higher education, complete · Administrador · PT · no. 13144 · see full result
State Deputy · 2022ALTERNATE11,365GPE · 62 years · White · Higher education, incomplete · Administrador · PT · no. 13144 · see full result
City Councillor · 2020ALTERNATE5,802LRecife, Pernambuco · 60 years · White · Higher education, complete · Administrador · PT · no. 13144 · see full resultcampaign finance report
State Deputy · 2018ALTERNATE15,715GPE · 58 years · White · Higher education, incomplete · Administrador · PT · no. 13144 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 2016ALTERNATE5,545LRecife, Pernambuco · 56 years · White · Higher education, incomplete · Empresário · PT · no. 13144 · see full result
Federal Deputy · 2014ALTERNATE63,060GPE · 54 years · White · Higher education, incomplete · PT · no. 1310 · see full result
