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Michel Lins

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Michel Lins
Michel Lins Cavalcante de Almeida (legal name)
5 elections between 2012 and 2026 · latest party REPUBLICANOS
44 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, complete
Vereador
Candidate for Federal Deputy · Ceará · 2026 elections · REPUBLICANOS · no. 1001
In office
social media reported to the TSE

Michel Lins (REPUBLICANOS) became an alternate for federal deputy for Ceará in 2026, with 11,440 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Michel Lins (Michel Lins Cavalcante de Almeida) ran in 5 elections between 2012 and 2026, for federal deputy and city councillor. He was elected 3 times: city councillor of Fortaleza in 2024, 2020 and 2016. The highest vote was in 2026, for federal deputy for CE: 11,440 votes. In the 2026 campaign for federal deputy for CE, reported R$ 2.3 million in income: R$ 2.3 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 41 thousand from private donations (3 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 741 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 240 thousand), third-party services (R$ 160 thousand) and segurança e prevenção, repressão e combate à violência política (R$ 158 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$ 135 thousand in 2024 (52% on activists and street mobilization) and R$ 35 thousand in 2020.

City Councillor · 2024
9,563
votes · Fortaleza, Ceará
ELECTED
Term ends in 2028
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Vote trend across elections

11,440 votes in 2026 · 5 elections

The votes of Michel Lins Cavalcante de Almeida 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.

City CouncillorFederal Dep.

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$ 2.3 million in income · R$ 741 thousand em gastos contratados

Michel Lins reported income and spending to the TSE in 5 campaigns: city councillor in Fortaleza (CE) in 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024, and federal deputy for Ceará in 2026. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 2.3 million in income: R$ 2.3 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 41 thousand from private donations (3 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 741 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 240 thousand) and third-party services (R$ 160 thousand); R$ 550 thousand has already been paid. In 2024, 52% of the R$ 135 thousand in spending went to activists and street mobilization; in 2020, 55% of the R$ 35 thousand in spending went to activists and street mobilization. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 2.3 millionpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 741 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 550 thousand paid
Spending in 2024R$ 135 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns5from 2012 to 2026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Own funds
2026partialFederal deputy, CearáSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 2.3 million
3 individual donors
FEFC 98% · individuals 2%
Spending contracted
R$ 741 thousand
paid so far: R$ 550 thousand (74%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 240 thousand32.4%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 160 thousand21.6%
  • Segurança e prevenção, repressão e combate à violência políticaR$ 158 thousand21.3%
  • Advertising with sound carsR$ 141 thousand19.0%
  • 5 other categoriesR$ 42 thousand5.7%
2024City councillor, Fortaleza (CE)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 183 thousand
63 individual donors
individuals 100%
Spending contracted
R$ 135 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 69 thousand51.5%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 17 thousand12.3%
  • Property rentalR$ 16 thousand11.9%
  • Content boostingR$ 11 thousand8.2%
  • 5 other categoriesR$ 22 thousand16.1%
2020City councillor, Fortaleza (CE)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 42 thousand
10 individual donors
individuals 57% · own funds 43%
Spending contracted
R$ 35 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 19 thousand54.9%
  • Printed materialsR$ 11 thousand30.7%
  • Property rentalR$ 5 thousand12.9%
  • WaterR$ 4831.4%
  • 1 other categoryR$ 840.2%
See the 2 previous campaigns
2016City councillor, Fortaleza (CE)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 28 thousand
13 individual donors
individuals 100%
Spending contracted
R$ 28 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Third-party servicesR$ 11 thousand41.0%
  • Printed materialsR$ 5 thousand18.0%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 4 thousand14.4%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 4 thousand13.3%
  • 3 other categoriesR$ 4 thousand13.3%
2012City councillor, Fortaleza (CE)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 5 thousand
no donations from individuals
own funds 100%
Spending contracted
R$ 1 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 1 thousand100.0%

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; 2024: TSE data of 14/09/2026; 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 ›

Candidacies

5 candidacies · elected in 2016, 2020 and 2024

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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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.