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Emilia Pessoa

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Emilia Pessoa
Maria Emilia Pessoa de Lima Carneiro (legal name)
8 elections between 2008 and 2026 · latest party PSDB
52 years old in 2026 · Female · Higher education, complete
Professor de Ensino Superior
Candidate for State Deputy · Ceará · 2026 elections · PSDB · no. 45123
In office
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Emilia Pessoa (PSDB) was elected state deputy for Ceará in 2026, with 35,902 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Emilia Pessoa (Maria Emilia Pessoa de Lima Carneiro) ran in 8 elections between 2008 and 2026, for state deputy, mayor, vice governor, city councillor and deputy mayor. She was elected 3 times: state deputy in 2026 and 2022; city councillor of Caucaia in 2016. The highest vote was in 2024, for mayor in Caucaia/CE: 47,609 votes. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for CE, reported R$ 724 thousand in income: R$ 660 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 28 thousand from private donations and R$ 36 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 418 thousand, mainly on third-party services (R$ 142 thousand), activists and street mobilization (R$ 83 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 52 thousand). Partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026: the campaign finance report for this election is still in progress. In previous campaigns, already closed, spent R$ 2.1 million in 2024 and R$ 392 thousand in 2022.

State Deputy · 2026
35,902
votes · CE
ELECTED
Term ends in 2030
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Vote trend across elections

35,902 votes in 2026 (elected) · 8 elections

The votes of Maria Emilia Pessoa de Lima Carneiro 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.

MayorCity CouncillorGovernorState Dep.ticket votes (running mate/alternate)

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. The hatched bar marks an executive running mate or an alternate senator: they do not receive individual votes, so the bar shows the ticket votes of the main candidate (hence the "ticket" next to the number). 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$ 724 thousand in income · R$ 418 thousand em gastos contratados

Emilia Pessoa reported income and spending to the TSE in 5 campaigns: city councillor in Caucaia (CE) in 2016, mayor in Caucaia (CE) in 2020 and 2024, and state deputy for Ceará in 2022 and 2026. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 724 thousand in income: R$ 660 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 28 thousand from private donations and R$ 36 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 418 thousand, mainly on third-party services (R$ 142 thousand) and activists and street mobilization (R$ 83 thousand); R$ 124 thousand has already been paid. In 2024, R$ 2.1 million in spending; in 2022, R$ 392 thousand in spending. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 724 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 418 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 124 thousand paid
Spending in 2024R$ 2.1 millioncampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns5from 2016 to 2026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Party Fund
  • Other resources from the party and other campaigns
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Own funds
2026partialState deputy, CearáSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 724 thousand
donations from individuals
FEFC 91% · individuals 4% · own funds 5%
Spending contracted
R$ 418 thousand
paid so far: R$ 124 thousand (30%)
  • Third-party servicesR$ 142 thousand33.9%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 83 thousand19.8%
  • Printed materialsR$ 52 thousand12.4%
  • Content boostingR$ 30 thousand7.2%
  • 9 other categoriesR$ 112 thousand26.7%
2024Mayor, Caucaia (CE)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 2.1 million
donations from individuals
FEFC 82% · party 7% · individuals 10% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 2.1 million
all paid (100%)
  • Third-party servicesR$ 562 thousand27.3%
  • Printed materialsR$ 462 thousand22.4%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 384 thousand18.7%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 114 thousand5.5%
  • 13 other categoriesincludes R$ 4 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 537 thousand26.1%
2022State deputy, CearáSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 413 thousand
4 individual donors
FEFC 94% · Party Fund 1% · individuals 4% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 392 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 77 thousand19.8%
  • Content boostingR$ 60 thousand15.3%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 58 thousand14.8%
  • Printed materialsR$ 46 thousand11.8%
  • 11 other categoriesincludes R$ 4 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 150 thousand38.3%
See the 2 previous campaigns
2020Mayor, Caucaia (CE)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 777 thousand
3 individual donors
FEFC 71% · individuals 27% · own funds 2%
Spending contracted
R$ 1.2 million
paid: R$ 763 thousand (61%)
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 562 thousand45.2%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 202 thousand16.2%
  • Printed materialsR$ 135 thousand10.9%
  • Content boostingR$ 120 thousand9.6%
  • 15 other categoriesR$ 225 thousand18.1%
2016City councillor, Caucaia (CE)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 41 thousand
no donations from individuals
own funds 100%
Spending contracted
R$ 41 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 12 thousand28.4%
  • Advertising with sound carsR$ 9 thousand21.5%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 7 thousand16.5%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 5 thousand11.1%
  • 4 other categoriesR$ 9 thousand22.5%

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. 2026: partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026; 2024: TSE data of 14/09/2026; 2022: TSE data of 13/09/2026; 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.

See donors, suppliers and spending ›

Candidacies

8 candidacies · elected in 2016, 2022 and 2026

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.