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Ernani Mello

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Ernani Mello
Ernani Mário Coelho Mello (legal name)
6 elections between 2000 and 2026 · latest party PL
61 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, complete
Empresário
Candidate for Alternate Senator · Rio Grande do Sul · 2026 elections · PL · no. 222
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social media reported to the TSE

Ernani Mello (Ernani Mário Coelho Mello) ran in 5 elections between 2000 and 2024, for mayor and city councillor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 4 times: city councillor of Erechim in 2012, 2008, 2004 and 2000. The highest vote was in 2024, for mayor in Erechim/RS: 13,859 votes. In 2026, was a candidate for alternate senator for RS with the PL. In the 2024 campaign for mayor in Erechim/RS, reported R$ 796 thousand in income: R$ 739 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 25 thousand from private donations and R$ 32 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 796 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 280 thousand), production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 250 thousand) and accounting services (R$ 62 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 23 thousand in 2012 (60% on advertising with printed materials) and R$ 9 thousand in 2008.

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Vote trend across elections

13,859 votes in 2024 · 6 elections

The votes of Ernani Mário Coelho Mello 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.

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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

2024: R$ 796 thousand in income · R$ 796 thousand em gastos

Ernani Mello reported income and spending to the TSE in 3 campaigns: city councillor in Erechim (RS) in 2008 and 2012, and mayor in Erechim (RS) in 2024. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2024, reported R$ 796 thousand in income: R$ 739 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 25 thousand from private donations and R$ 32 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 796 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 280 thousand) and production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 250 thousand). In 2012, 60% of the R$ 23 thousand in committed spending went to advertising with printed materials; in 2008, R$ 9 thousand in committed spending.

Income in 2024R$ 796 thousandcampaign closed
Spending in 2024R$ 796 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2012R$ 23 thousandcontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns32008, 2012 and 2024

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
2024Mayor, Erechim (RS)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 796 thousand
donations from individuals
FEFC 93% · individuals 3% · own funds 4%
Spending contracted
R$ 796 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 280 thousand35.2%
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 250 thousand31.4%
  • Accounting servicesR$ 62 thousand7.8%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 60 thousand7.5%
  • 10 other categoriesincludes R$ 50 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 144 thousand18.1%
2012City councillor, Erechim (RS)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 28 thousand
donations from individuals
party and other campaigns 4% · individuals 11% · own funds 85%
Spending contracted
R$ 23 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 14 thousand60.3%
  • Property rentalR$ 3 thousand14.9%
  • Mail and postageR$ 2 thousand10.7%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 1 thousand5.8%
  • 3 other categoriesincludes R$ 150 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 2 thousand8.2%
2008City councillor, Erechim (RS)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 9 thousand
5 individual donors
individuals 7% · companies 48% · own funds 45%
Spending contracted
R$ 9 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 3 thousand31.1%
  • Printed materialsR$ 7338.3%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 2002.3%
  • Encargos financeiros e taxas bancáriasR$ 590.7%
  • 2 other categoriesincludes R$ 270 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 5 thousand57.7%

Running mates and alternates do not have their own campaign account: the account is that of the main candidate's ticket.

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. 2024: TSE data of 14/09/2026. 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

6 candidacies · elected in 2004, 2008 and 2012

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.

The 2026 candidacy comes from the candidacy registry published by the TSE (the election is on 4 de outubro de 2026). The result is not yet part of this database, so this line appears without votes. The TSE republishes this file while the registrations are ruled on.