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Major Fernando

Fernando Dias de Melo (legal name)
2 elections between 2020 and 2026 · latest party PP
59 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, complete
Policial Militar
Candidate for State Deputy · Paraíba · 2026 elections · PP · no. 11190

Major Fernando (PP) became an alternate for state deputy for Paraíba in 2026, with 230 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Major Fernando (Fernando Dias de Melo) ran in 2 elections between 2020 and 2026, for state deputy and city councillor. Not listed as elected in any of them in the TSE results. The highest vote was in 2026, for state deputy for PB: 230 votes. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for PB, reported R$ 26 thousand in income: R$ 25 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 915 from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 25 thousand, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 7 thousand), advertising with sound cars (R$ 5 thousand) and legal services (R$ 5 thousand). Partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 18/10/2026: the campaign finance report for this election is still in progress.

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Vote trend across elections

230 votes in 2026 · 2 elections

The votes of Fernando Dias 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.

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$ 26 thousand in income · R$ 25 thousand em gastos contratados

Major Fernando reported income and spending to the TSE in 1 campaign: state deputy for Paraíba in 2026. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 26 thousand in income: R$ 25 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 915 from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 25 thousand, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 7 thousand) and advertising with sound cars (R$ 5 thousand); R$ 25 thousand has already been paid. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 18/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 26 thousandpartial, until 18/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 25 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 25 thousand paid
Campaigns22020 and 2026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Own funds
2026partialState deputy, ParaíbaSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 26 thousand
no donations from individuals
FEFC 96% · own funds 4%
Spending contracted
R$ 25 thousand
paid so far: R$ 25 thousand (100%)
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 7 thousand28.0%
  • Advertising with sound carsR$ 5 thousand20.0%
  • Legal servicesR$ 5 thousand20.0%
  • Accounting servicesR$ 4 thousand14.0%
  • 3 other categoriesR$ 5 thousand18.0%
2020City councillor, João Pessoa (PB)See donors and spending ›
Raised
no income reported
Spending contracted
no spending reported in the TSE data

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 18/10/2026; 2020: TSE data of 12/09/2026. 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

2 candidacies

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.