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João Paulo Cunha

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João Paulo Cunha
9 elections between 1994 and 2026 · PT
68 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, complete
Advogado
Candidate for Federal Deputy · São Paulo · 2026 elections · PT · no. 1325
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João Paulo Cunha (PT) was elected federal deputy for São Paulo in 2026, with 109,548 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). João Paulo Cunha ran in 9 elections between 1994 and 2026, for federal deputy, mayor and deputy mayor. He was elected 6 times: federal deputy in 2026, 2010, 2006, 2002, 1998 and 1994. The highest vote was in 2010, for federal deputy for SP: 255,497 votes. In the 2026 campaign for federal deputy for SP, reported R$ 2.3 million in income: R$ 1.2 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 1.1 million from private donations (13 donors and an online crowdfunding campaign). Contracted spending totals R$ 1.3 million, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 587 thousand), content boosting (R$ 194 thousand) and third-party services (R$ 100 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$ 2.3 million in 2012 and R$ 4.1 million in 2010.

Federal Deputy · 2026
109,548
votes · SP
ELECTED · REMAINDER
Term ends in 2030
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Vote trend across elections

109,548 votes in 2026 (elected) · 9 elections

The votes of João Paulo Cunha 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.

Federal Dep.Mayorticket 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$ 2.3 million in income · R$ 1.3 million em gastos contratados

João Paulo Cunha reported income and spending to the TSE in 4 campaigns: federal deputy for São Paulo in 2006, 2010 and 2026, and mayor in Osasco (SP) in 2012. 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$ 1.2 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 1.1 million from private donations (13 donors and an online crowdfunding campaign). Contracted spending totals R$ 1.3 million, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 587 thousand) and content boosting (R$ 194 thousand); R$ 918 thousand has already been paid. In 2012, R$ 2.3 million in committed spending; in 2010, R$ 4.1 million in committed spending. 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$ 1.3 millioncontracted, partial; R$ 918 thousand paid
Spending in 2012R$ 2.3 millioncontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns42006, 2010, 2012 and 2026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Other resources from the party and other campaigns
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Companies (until 2014)
  • Own funds
  • Other sources
2026partialFederal deputy, São PauloSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 2.3 million
13 individual donors and an online crowdfunding campaign
FEFC 52% · individuals 48%
Spending contracted
R$ 1.3 million
paid so far: R$ 918 thousand (69%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 587 thousand44.0%
  • Content boostingR$ 194 thousand14.6%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 100 thousand7.5%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 45 thousand3.3%
  • 8 other categoriesincludes R$ 310 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 407 thousand30.5%
2012Mayor, Osasco (SP)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 1.8 million
112 individual donors
party and other campaigns 85% · individuals 8% · companies 7% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 2.3 million
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 796 thousand34.9%
  • Printed materialsR$ 336 thousand14.8%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 257 thousand11.3%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 224 thousand9.8%
  • 15 other categoriesincludes R$ 17 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 398 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 666 thousand29.2%
2010Federal deputy, São PauloSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 4.1 million
13 individual donors
party and other campaigns 69% · individuals 4% · companies 21% · other 6%
Spending contracted
R$ 4.1 million
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Third-party servicesR$ 1.4 million33.6%
  • Printed materialsR$ 892 thousand21.9%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 511 thousand12.6%
  • FoodR$ 271 thousand6.7%
  • 22 other categoriesincludes R$ 24 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 22 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 1 million25.3%
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2006Federal deputy, São PauloSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 1.4 million
134 individual donors
party and other campaigns 55% · individuals 6% · companies 32% · own funds less than 1% · other 6%
Spending contracted
R$ 1.4 million
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 551 thousand40.6%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 242 thousand17.8%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 155 thousand11.4%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 48 thousand3.5%
  • 26 other categoriesincludes R$ 13 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 361 thousand26.6%

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. 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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Candidacies

9 candidacies · elected in 2006, 2010 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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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.