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Ariston
Ariston Ribeiro de Sousa (legal name)
5 elections between 2012 and 2026 · latest party MDB
62 years old in 2026 · Male · Secondary education, complete
Deputado
Candidate for State Deputy · Maranhão · 2026 elections · MDB · no. 15233
In office
social media reported to the TSE

Ariston (MDB) was elected state deputy for Maranhão in 2026, with 46,511 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Ariston (Ariston Ribeiro de Sousa) ran in 5 elections between 2012 and 2026, for state deputy and deputy mayor. He was elected 3 times: state deputy in 2026 and 2022; deputy mayor of Santa Rita in 2016. The highest vote was in 2026, for state deputy for MA: 46,511 votes. In the Legislative Assembly of Maranhão, directed R$ 25.5 million in 72 state amendments to the 2023 to 2026 budgets, to 33 municipalities; 87% of this amount has already been paid. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for MA, reported R$ 319 thousand in income: R$ 4 thousand de outras campanhas, R$ 195 thousand from private donations (16 donors) and R$ 120 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 310 thousand, mainly on advertising with stickers (R$ 99 thousand), content boosting (R$ 60 thousand) and legal services (R$ 50 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, reported contracted spending of R$ 204 thousand in 2022 (56% on advertising with printed materials) and R$ 203 thousand in 2018.

State Deputy · 2026
46,511
votes · MA
ELECTED · REMAINDER
Term ends in 2030
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Vote trend across elections

46,511 votes in 2026 (elected) · 5 elections

The votes of Ariston Ribeiro 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.

MayorState Dep.ticket votes (running mate/alternate)

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. The hatched bar marks an executive running mate or an alternate senator: they do not receive individual votes, so the bar shows the ticket votes of the main candidate (hence the "ticket" next to the number). 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$ 319 thousand in income · R$ 310 thousand em gastos contratados

Ariston reported income and spending to the TSE in 3 campaigns: state deputy for Maranhão in 2018, 2022 and 2026. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. Did not receive the Electoral Fund (FEFC) in any of the 3 campaigns from 2018 on. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 319 thousand in income: R$ 4 thousand de outras campanhas, R$ 195 thousand from private donations (16 donors) and R$ 120 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 310 thousand, mainly on advertising with stickers (R$ 99 thousand) and content boosting (R$ 60 thousand); R$ 223 thousand has already been paid. In 2022, 56% of the R$ 204 thousand in committed spending went to advertising with printed materials; in 2018, 43% of the R$ 203 thousand in spending went to advertising with printed materials. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 319 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 310 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 223 thousand paid
Spending in 2022R$ 204 thousandcontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns32018, 2022 and 2026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Other resources from the party and other campaigns
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Own funds
2026partialState deputy, MaranhãoSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 319 thousand
16 individual donors
party and other campaigns 1% · individuals 61% · own funds 38%
Spending contracted
R$ 310 thousand
paid so far: R$ 223 thousand (72%)
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 99 thousand32.1%
  • Content boostingR$ 60 thousand19.4%
  • Legal servicesR$ 50 thousand16.1%
  • Printed materialsR$ 32 thousand10.3%
  • 7 other categoriesR$ 68 thousand22.1%
2022State deputy, MaranhãoSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 193 thousand
8 individual donors
party and other campaigns less than 1% · individuals 35% · own funds 65%
Spending contracted
R$ 204 thousand
paid: R$ 193 thousand (94%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 113 thousand55.6%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 27 thousand13.2%
  • Mail and postageR$ 23 thousand11.1%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 9 thousand4.3%
  • 10 other categoriesR$ 32 thousand15.8%
2018State deputy, MaranhãoSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 205 thousand
24 individual donors
party and other campaigns less than 1% · individuals 18% · own funds 81%
Spending contracted
R$ 203 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 88 thousand43.4%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 52 thousand25.5%
  • StaffR$ 14 thousand7.1%
  • Mail and postageR$ 12 thousand5.7%
  • 7 other categoriesR$ 37 thousand18.2%

Running mates and alternates do not have their own campaign account: the account is that of the main candidate's ticket.

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; 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$ 25.5 million directed · 87% paid · 72 amendments in 33 municipalities

Legislative Assembly of Maranhão. For information only, based on public data1 · summary and analysis generated with AI2 · may be out of date3 · approximate state figures4

In the Legislative Assembly of Maranhão, Ariston directed R$ 25.5 million in 72 state amendments to the 2023 to 2026 budgets (legislative term 2023 a 2026), to 33 municipalities. As of the data collection at the source, 87% of this amount had been paid. The agency that received the most was Saúde (FES / Unidade Central) (74%). The cities that received the most were Santa Rita, Bacabeira and Pastos Bons.2

SponsoredR$ 25.5 million2023 to 2026 budgets
PaidR$ 22 million87% of the amount directed
Amendments72state
Municipalities33different
By budget year
BudgetSponsoredPaid% paidAmendmentsMunicipalities
2026R$ 13.1 millionR$ 13.1 million100%94
2025R$ 7.7 millionR$ 4.4 million57%4030
2024R$ 2.8 millionR$ 2.8 million100%136
2023R$ 2 millionR$ 1.8 million91%105
TotalR$ 25.5 millionR$ 22 million87%7233

Agencies that received the most

  1. 1Saúde (FES / Unidade Central)R$ 19 million74.5%
  2. 2Secretaria da CulturaR$ 4.9 million19.2%
  3. 3Secretaria de GovernoR$ 1.3 million4.9%

Municipalities that received the most

  1. 1Santa RitaR$ 10 million39.3%
  2. 2BacabeiraR$ 6.1 million23.8%
  3. 3Pastos BonsR$ 2.8 million10.9%

Source: Portal da Transparência do Maranhão — Emenda Parlamentar Impositiva Estadual (EPIE), 2023-2026, organized by Radar do Voto. The total leaves out blocked amendments and caucus, committee and rapporteur amendments, which do not have a single author. "Paid" is the current stage of each amendment at the source.

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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 of the Maranhão state government and the Legislative Assembly of Maranhão. 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. ↩

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    About the state data. Each state publishes legislative amendments in its own format, with different levels of detail and publication deadlines. That is why there may be amendments without an identified municipality, amounts reallocated to another purpose and payments that only appear at the source some time later. The state figures in this profile are an approximation: before any formal use, check the transparency portal of the Maranhão state government and the Legislative Assembly of Maranhão. ↩

Candidacies

5 candidacies · elected in 2016, 2022 and 2026

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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