Douglas Melo (NOVO) became an alternate for federal deputy for São Paulo in 2026, with 1,347 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Douglas Melo (Douglas Melo de Sousa) ran in 4 elections between 2020 and 2026, for federal deputy and city councillor. Not listed as elected in any of them in the TSE results. The highest vote was in 2022, for federal deputy for SP: 1,571 votes. In the 2026 campaign for federal deputy for SP, reported R$ 121 thousand in income: R$ 25 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 91 thousand from the Party Fund and R$ 5 thousand from private donations (an online crowdfunding campaign). Contracted spending totals R$ 23 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 18 thousand), production of jingles, vignettes and slogans (R$ 345) and crowdfunding administration fee (R$ 82). 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$ 12 thousand in 2024 and R$ 90 thousand in 2022.
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Vote trend across elections
1,347 votes in 2026 · 4 elections
The votes of Douglas Melo de Sousa 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
2026 (partial): R$ 121 thousand in income · R$ 23 thousand em gastos contratados
Douglas Melo reported income and spending to the TSE in 4 campaigns: city councillor in São Paulo (SP) in 2020 and 2024, and federal deputy for São Paulo in 2022 and 2026. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 121 thousand in income: R$ 25 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 91 thousand from the Party Fund and R$ 5 thousand from private donations (an online crowdfunding campaign). Contracted spending totals R$ 23 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 18 thousand) and production of jingles, vignettes and slogans (R$ 345); R$ 23 thousand has already been paid. In 2024, R$ 12 thousand in spending; in 2022, 65% of the R$ 90 thousand in spending went to staff. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.
Income in 2026R$ 121 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 23 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 23 thousand paid
Spending in 2024R$ 12 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns42020, 2022, 2024 and 2026
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Electoral Fund (FEFC)
Party Fund
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
FEFC 55% · party and other campaigns 7% · individuals less than 1% · own funds 37%
Spending contracted
R$ 25 thousand
all paid (100%)
StaffR$ 17 thousand66.6%
Printed materialsR$ 8 thousand33.4%
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. 2026: partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026; 2024: TSE data of 14/09/2026; 2022: TSE data of 13/09/2026; 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.
This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.
Federal Deputy · 2026ALTERNATE1,347GSP · 43 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Secondary education, complete · Despachante · NOVO · no. 3070 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 2024925not electedLSão Paulo, São Paulo · 41 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Secondary education, complete · SOLIDARIEDADE · no. 77728 · see full resultcampaign finance report
Federal Deputy · 2022ALTERNATE1,571GSP · 39 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Secondary education, complete · REPUBLICANOS · no. 1013 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 2020ALTERNATE1,197LSão Paulo, São Paulo · 37 years · White · Higher education, incomplete · Administrador · PSL · no. 17320 · see full resultcampaign finance report
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.
