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Arnaldo Melo (MDB) became an alternate for state deputy for Maranhão in 2026, with 40,495 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Arnaldo Melo (Antonio Arnaldo Alves de Melo) ran in 10 elections between 1990 and 2026, for state deputy and vice governor. He was elected 8 times: state deputy in 2022, 2018, 2010, 2006, 2002, 1998, 1994 and 1990. The highest vote was in 2026, for state deputy for MA: 40,495 votes. In the Legislative Assembly of Maranhão, directed R$ 25.9 million in 85 state amendments to the 2023 to 2026 budgets, to 24 municipalities; 78% of this amount has already been paid. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for MA, reported R$ 114 thousand in income: R$ 14 thousand from private donations and R$ 100 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 100 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 50 thousand), property rental (R$ 10 thousand) and accounting services (R$ 10 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$ 224 thousand in 2022 (75% on advertising with printed materials) and R$ 180 thousand in 2018.
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The votes of Antonio Arnaldo Alves de Melo 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. 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.
Arnaldo Melo reported income and spending to the TSE in 5 campaigns: state deputy for Maranhão in 2006, 2010, 2018, 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$ 114 thousand in income: R$ 14 thousand from private donations and R$ 100 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 100 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 50 thousand) and property rental (R$ 10 thousand); R$ 66 thousand has already been paid. In 2022, 75% of the R$ 224 thousand in spending went to advertising with printed materials; in 2018, R$ 180 thousand in spending. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.
Fundraising, where the money came from:
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.
In the Legislative Assembly of Maranhão, Arnaldo Melo directed R$ 25.9 million in 85 state amendments to the 2023 to 2026 budgets, to 24 municipalities. As of the data collection at the source, 78% of this amount had been paid. The agency that received the most in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term was Saúde (FES / Unidade Central) (69%). The cities that received the most in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term were Coroatá, Passagem Franca and Paraibano. By legislative term: in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term, R$ 24.6 million in 75 amendments; in the 2019 a 2022 legislative term, R$ 1.3 million in 10 amendments.2
| Budget | Sponsored | Paid | % paid | Amendments | Municipalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | R$ 12.3 million | R$ 11 million | 90% | 20 | 10 |
| 2025 | R$ 8.7 million | R$ 4.2 million | 48% | 42 | 19 |
| 2024 | R$ 3.6 million | R$ 3.6 million | 100% | 13 | 8 |
| Legislative term 2023 a 2026 | R$ 24.6 million | R$ 18.8 million | 77% | 75 | 24 |
Agencies that received the most (2023 a 2026)
Municipalities that received the most (2023 a 2026)
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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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. ↩
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. ↩
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. ↩
This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.
State Deputy · 2026ALTERNATE40,495GMA · 72 years · White · Higher education, complete · Médico · MDB · no. 15111 · see full resultcampaign finance report
State Deputy · 2022ELECTED39,546GMA · 68 years · White · Higher education, complete · Médico · PP · no. 11222 · see full resultcampaign finance reportLegislative Assembly
State Deputy · 2018ELECTED35,996GMA · 64 years · White · Higher education, complete · Médico · MDB · no. 15222 · see full result
Vice Governor · 2014NOT ELECTED995,619GMA · 60 years · White · Higher education, complete · Deputado · PMDB · no. 15 · a running mate does not receive individual votes · see full result
State Deputy · 2010ELECTED39,624GMA · 56 years · Higher education, complete · Deputado · PMDB · no. 15222 · see full resultG 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.
