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Dr. Paulo Melo

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Dr. Paulo Melo
Paulo Sergio de Araujo Melo (legal name)
4 elections between 1996 and 2018 · latest party PMN
60 years old in 2018 · Male · Higher education, complete
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Dr. Paulo Melo (Paulo Sérgio de Araújo Melo) ran in 4 elections between 1996 and 2018, for state deputy, city councillor and mayor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Not listed as elected in any of them in the TSE results. The highest vote was in 1996, for mayor in Monsenhor Tabosa/CE: 3,487 votes. In the 2018 campaign for state deputy for CE, reported R$ 11 thousand in income: R$ 6 thousand de outras campanhas, R$ 600 from private donations and R$ 5 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 4 thousand, mainly on mail and postage (R$ 2 thousand), advertising with printed materials (R$ 1 thousand) and advertising with stickers (R$ 800). In the 2008 campaign, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 8 thousand, 54% on advertising with sound cars.

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Vote trend across elections

1,051 votes in 2018 · 4 elections

The votes of Paulo Sergio de Araujo 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.

MayorCity CouncillorState Dep.

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.

Campaign funding

2018: R$ 11 thousand in income · R$ 4 thousand em gastos

Dr. Paulo Melo reported income and spending to the TSE in 2 campaigns: city councillor in São Gonçalo do Amarante (CE) in 2008, and state deputy for Ceará in 2018. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2018, reported R$ 11 thousand in income: R$ 6 thousand de outras campanhas, R$ 600 from private donations and R$ 5 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 4 thousand, mainly on mail and postage (R$ 2 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 1 thousand). In 2008, 54% of the R$ 8 thousand in committed spending went to advertising with sound cars.

Income in 2018R$ 11 thousandcampaign closed
Spending in 2018R$ 4 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2008R$ 8 thousandcontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns22008 and 2018

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Other resources from the party and other campaigns
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Own funds
2018State deputy, CearáSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 11 thousand
donations from individuals
party and other campaigns 53% · individuals 5% · own funds 41%
Spending contracted
R$ 4 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Mail and postageR$ 2 thousand50.2%
  • Printed materialsR$ 1 thousand22.6%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 80018.1%
  • Financial charges, bank fees and/or credit card operationsR$ 2less than 0.1%
  • 1 other categoryincludes R$ 400 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 4009.0%
2008City councillor, São Gonçalo do Amarante (CE)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 8 thousand
donations from individuals
individuals 33% · own funds 67%
Spending contracted
R$ 8 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Advertising with sound carsR$ 4 thousand54.2%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 2 thousand25.3%
  • Printed materialsR$ 2 thousand19.2%
  • Encargos financeiros e taxas bancáriasR$ 1031.3%

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. 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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Candidacies

4 candidacies

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.

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.