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Cacau da Mata

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Cacau da Mata
Carmerindo Santana Filho (legal name)
2 elections between 2004 and 2026 · latest party PDT
60 years old in 2026 · Male · Secondary education, complete
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Candidate for State Deputy · Bahia · 2026 elections · PDT · no. 12000
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Cacau da Mata (PDT) was elected state deputy for Bahia in 2026, with 47,216 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Cacau da Mata (Carmerindo Santana Filho) ran in 2 elections between 2004 and 2026, for state deputy and city councillor. He was elected 1 time: state deputy in 2026. The highest vote was in 2026, for state deputy for BA: 47,216 votes. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for BA, reported R$ 585 thousand in income: R$ 250 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 2 thousand from the Party Fund and R$ 333 thousand from private donations (32 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 569 thousand, mainly on third-party services (R$ 358 thousand), advertising with printed materials (R$ 107 thousand) and vehicle lending or rental (R$ 25 thousand). Partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026: the campaign finance report for this election is still in progress.

State Deputy · 2026
47,216
votes · BA
ELECTED · REMAINDER
Term ends in 2030
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Vote trend across elections

47,216 votes in 2026 (elected) · 2 elections

The votes of Carmerindo Santana Filho 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.

City 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

2026 (partial): R$ 585 thousand in income · R$ 569 thousand em gastos contratados

Cacau da Mata reported income and spending to the TSE in 1 campaign: state deputy for Bahia in 2026. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 585 thousand in income: R$ 250 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 2 thousand from the Party Fund and R$ 333 thousand from private donations (32 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 569 thousand, mainly on third-party services (R$ 358 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 107 thousand); R$ 557 thousand has already been paid. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 585 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 569 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 557 thousand paid
Campaigns12026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Party Fund
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
2026partialState deputy, BahiaSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 585 thousand
32 individual donors
FEFC 43% · Party Fund less than 1% · individuals 57%
Spending contracted
R$ 569 thousand
paid so far: R$ 557 thousand (98%)
  • Third-party servicesR$ 358 thousand62.9%
  • Printed materialsR$ 107 thousand18.7%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 25 thousand4.4%
  • Legal servicesR$ 20 thousand3.5%
  • 7 other categoriesR$ 59 thousand10.4%

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. 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

2 candidacies · elected in 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.

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.