Median cost per vote of those elected, by office

Median: the value of whoever is in the middle of the line. Half of those elected came in below, half above. Governor: only those elected in the first round.

Method

• Cost per vote = total fundraising declared to the TSE (in cash and in goods and services) divided by the nominal votes of the first round.
• We use fundraising, not spending, because the declared spending is still incomplete: through October 4, it added up to 68% of what these campaigns raised. In 2022, with the accounts closed, campaigns spent 96% of what they raised.
• Candidacies with no fundraising declared through October 4 are left out, as are those with no valid votes, such as those whose votes were annulled by the Electoral Courts.
• The number does not measure results or conduct: offices and states have electorates of very different sizes, and those who went to the runoff are still raising money.

Sources

• 2026 campaign finance reports, TSE (open data, file with data through 10/4/2026)
• DivulgaCandContas, TSE (checked on 10/6/2026)
• 2026 first-round vote count, Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE)

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