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Geraldo Melo

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Geraldo Melo
Geraldo Jose da Camara Ferreira de Melo (legal name)
5 elections between 1986 and 2018 · latest party PSDB
83 years old in 2018 · Male · Higher education, complete
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Geraldo Melo (Geraldo José da Câmara Ferreira de Melo) ran in 5 elections between 1986 and 2018, for senator and governor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 2 times: senator in 1994; governor in 1986. The highest vote was in 2002, for senator for RN: 479,723 votes. In the 2018 campaign for senator for RN, reported R$ 1 million in income: R$ 500 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 502 thousand de outras campanhas, R$ 19 thousand from private donations (3 donors) and R$ 24 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 1 million, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 280 thousand), creation and inclusion of web pages (R$ 248 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 149 thousand). In the 2006 campaign, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 1.1 million.

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Vote trend across elections

382,249 votes in 2018 · 5 elections

The votes of Geraldo Jose da Camara Ferreira 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.

GovernorSenator

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$ 1 million in income · R$ 1 million em gastos

Geraldo Melo reported income and spending to the TSE in 2 campaigns: senator for Rio Grande do Norte in 2006 and 2018. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2018, reported R$ 1 million in income: R$ 500 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 502 thousand de outras campanhas, R$ 19 thousand from private donations (3 donors) and R$ 24 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 1 million, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 280 thousand) and creation and inclusion of web pages (R$ 248 thousand). In 2006, R$ 1.1 million in committed spending.

Income in 2018R$ 1 millioncampaign closed
Spending in 2018R$ 1 millioncampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2006R$ 1.1 millioncontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns22006 and 2018

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
2018Senator, Rio Grande do NorteSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 1 million
3 individual donors
FEFC 48% · party and other campaigns 48% · individuals 2% · own funds 2%
Spending contracted
R$ 1 million
all paid (100%)
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 280 thousand26.9%
  • Creation and inclusion of web pagesR$ 248 thousand23.8%
  • Printed materialsR$ 149 thousand14.3%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 125 thousand12.0%
  • 10 other categoriesR$ 239 thousand23.0%
2006Senator, Rio Grande do NorteSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 1.1 million
7 individual donors
individuals 7% · companies 29% · own funds 38% · other 26%
Spending contracted
R$ 1.1 million
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 246 thousand22.9%
  • StaffR$ 137 thousand12.7%
  • Advertising with sound carsR$ 135 thousand12.6%
  • Despesas postaisR$ 110 thousand10.3%
  • 8 other categoriesincludes R$ 310 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 16 donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 445 thousand41.5%

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

5 candidacies · elected in 1986 and 1994

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.