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João Castelo (João Castelo Ribeiro Gonçalves) ran in 15 elections between 1970 and 2014, for federal deputy, mayor, senator and governor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 7 times: federal deputy in 2014, 2002, 1998, 1974 and 1970; mayor of São Luís in 2008; senator in 1982. The highest vote was in 2006, for senator for MA: 918,701 votes. In the Chamber of Deputies, had R$ 22.4 million committed in 6 individual amendments to the 2016 to 2017 budgets, to 12 municipalities; 85% has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. In the 2014 campaign for federal deputy for MA, reported R$ 256 thousand in income: R$ 48 thousand from private donations (10 donors), R$ 30 thousand from companies and R$ 178 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 256 thousand, mainly on advertising with sound cars (R$ 73 thousand), locação/cessão de bens móveis (R$ 49 thousand) and fuel and lubricants (R$ 41 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 2.4 million in 2012 and R$ 4 million in 2008.
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The votes of João Castelo Ribeiro Gonçalves 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.
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.
João Castelo reported income and spending to the TSE in 4 campaigns: senator for Maranhão in 2006, mayor in São Luís (MA) in 2008 and 2012, and federal deputy for Maranhão in 2014. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2014, reported R$ 256 thousand in income: R$ 48 thousand from private donations (10 donors), R$ 30 thousand from companies and R$ 178 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 256 thousand, mainly on advertising with sound cars (R$ 73 thousand) and locação/cessão de bens móveis (R$ 49 thousand). In 2012, R$ 2.4 million in committed spending; in 2008, R$ 4 million in committed spending.
Fundraising, where the money came from:
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. 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.
In the Chamber of Deputies, João Castelo had R$ 22.4 million committed (amount pledged by the government) in 6 individual amendments to the 2016 to 2017 budgets (legislative term 2015 a 2018), to 12 municipalities. R$ 19.1 million (85%) has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. The area that received the most was Urbanismo (50%). The cities that received the most were São Luís, Caxias and São Bernardo.2
| Budget | Committed | Paid | % paid | Amendments | Municipalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | R$ 12.5 million | R$ 11.1 million | 89% | 4 | 6 |
| 2016 | R$ 9.8 million | R$ 8 million | 81% | 2 | 7 |
| Total | R$ 22.4 million | R$ 19.1 million | 85% | 6 | 12 |
Areas that received the most
Municipalities that received the most
Source: Transparency Portal (CGU), organized by Radar do Voto, collected at the source in Oct 2026. Only individual amendments, including special transfers (the "Pix amendments"); the amount is the committed amount, and paid includes carried-over payables. Caucus, committee and rapporteur amendments, which do not have a single author, are in the dashboard.
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Analysis generated with AI. The summary and analysis texts in this section were generated with the help of artificial intelligence from these data and may contain inaccuracies. When in doubt, the numbers from the original source prevail. ↩
May be out of date. Committed and paid amounts change during the year, and this section may not reflect the most recent publication from the source. Data updated on 10/14/2026, collected at the source in Oct 2026. ↩
This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.
Federal Deputy · 2014ELECTED · REMAINDER52,783GMA · 77 years · White · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PSDB · no. 4555 · see full result
Mayor · 2012RunoffNOT ELECTED220,085LSão Luís, Maranhão · 75 years · Higher education, complete · Prefeito · PSDB · no. 45 · see full resultMayor · 2012First roundTO THE RUNOFF156,320LSão Luís, Maranhão · 75 years · Higher education, complete · Prefeito · PSDB · no. 45 · see full resultG 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.
