Mário Covas Neto ran in 6 elections between 2012 and 2024, for city councillor, federal deputy and senator, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 2 times: city councillor of São Paulo in 2016 and 2012. The highest vote was in 2018, for senator for SP: 2,127,983 votes. In the 2024 campaign for city councillor in São Paulo/SP, reported R$ 331 thousand in income: R$ 250 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 81 thousand from private donations (13 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 317 thousand, mainly on staff (R$ 159 thousand), advertising with printed materials (R$ 65 thousand) and mail and postage (R$ 41 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, spent R$ 1.1 million in 2022 and R$ 495 thousand in 2020.
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Vote trend across elections
5,825 votes in 2024 · 6 elections
The votes of Mario Covas Neto 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$ 331 thousand in income · R$ 317 thousand em gastos
Mário Covas Neto reported income and spending to the TSE in 6 campaigns: city councillor in São Paulo (SP) in 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024, senator for São Paulo in 2018, and federal deputy for São Paulo in 2022. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2024, reported R$ 331 thousand in income: R$ 250 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 81 thousand from private donations (13 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 317 thousand, mainly on staff (R$ 159 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 65 thousand). In 2022, R$ 1.1 million in spending; in 2020, R$ 495 thousand in spending.
Income in 2024R$ 331 thousandcampaign closed
Spending in 2024R$ 317 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2022R$ 1.1 millioncampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns6from 2012 to 2024
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Electoral Fund (FEFC)
Party Fund
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
20 individual donors and an online crowdfunding campaign
FEFC 12% · Party Fund 20% · individuals 28% · own funds 41%
Spending contracted
R$ 2.6 million
paid: R$ 2.5 million (98%)
Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 1.3 million51.7%
Printed materialsR$ 416 thousand16.1%
Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 187 thousand7.2%
Activists and street mobilizationR$ 173 thousand6.7%
15 other categoriesincludes R$ 29 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 161 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 471 thousand18.2%
party and other campaigns 29% · individuals 23% · companies 48%
Spending contracted
R$ 625 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 243 thousand38.8%
Printed materialsR$ 80 thousand12.8%
Publicidade por telemarketingR$ 72 thousand11.6%
Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 72 thousand11.4%
15 other categoriesincludes R$ 7 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 158 thousand25.3%
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 · 20245,825not electedLSão Paulo, São Paulo · 65 years · White · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PSDB · no. 45454 · see full result
Federal Deputy · 2022ALTERNATE4,954GSP · 63 years · White · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PODE · no. 1999 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 2020ALTERNATE10,568LSão Paulo, São Paulo · 61 years · White · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PODE · no. 19000 · see full resultcampaign finance report
Senator · 2018NOT ELECTED2,127,983GSP · 59 years · White · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PODE · no. 191 · see full result
City Councillor · 2016ELECTED75,593LSão Paulo, São Paulo · 57 years · White · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PSDB · no. 45000 · 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.