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Capitão Nelson (Nelson Ruas dos Santos) ran in 8 elections between 2004 and 2024, for mayor, state deputy and city councillor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 6 times: mayor of São Gonçalo in 2024 and 2020; city councillor of São Gonçalo in 2016, 2012, 2008 and 2004. The highest vote was in 2024, for mayor in São Gonçalo/RJ: 387,914 votes. In the 2024 campaign for mayor in São Gonçalo/RJ, reported R$ 4 million in income, from the Electoral Fund (FEFC). Contracted spending totals R$ 4 million, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 1.3 million), staff (R$ 960 thousand) and production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 600 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, spent R$ 2.2 million in 2020 and R$ 584 thousand in 2018.
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The votes of Nelson Ruas dos Santos 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.
Capitão Nelson reported income and spending to the TSE in 7 campaigns: city councillor in São Gonçalo (RJ) in 2008, 2012 and 2016, state deputy for Rio de Janeiro in 2010 and 2018, and mayor in São Gonçalo (RJ) in 2020 and 2024. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2024, reported R$ 4 million in income, from the Electoral Fund (FEFC). Contracted spending totals R$ 4 million, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 1.3 million) and staff (R$ 960 thousand). In 2020, R$ 2.2 million in spending; in 2018, 68% of the R$ 584 thousand in spending went to staff.
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. 2024: TSE data of 14/09/2026; 2020: TSE data of 12/09/2026; 2018: TSE data of 13/09/2026. 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.
This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.
Mayor · 2024ELECTED387,914LSão Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro · 66 years · White · Secondary education, complete · Prefeito · PL · no. 22 · see full result
Mayor · 2020RunoffELECTED189,719LSão Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro · 62 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Secondary education, complete · Vereador · AVANTE · no. 70 · see full resultMayor · 2020First roundTO THE RUNOFF85,399LSão Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro · 62 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Secondary education, complete · Vereador · AVANTE · no. 70 · see full result
State Deputy · 2018ALTERNATE24,204GRJ · 60 years · White · Secondary education, complete · Vereador · AVANTE · no. 70136 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 2016ELECTED5,128LSão Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro · 58 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Secondary education, complete · Vereador · PT do B · no. 70136 · see full result
City Councillor · 2012ELECTED5,762LSão Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro · 54 years · Secondary education, complete · Vereador · PSC · no. 20136 · see full resultcampaign finance report
State Deputy · 2010ALTERNATE15,026GRJ · 52 years · Higher education, complete · Vereador · PSC · no. 20136 · see full resultcampaign finance reportG 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.
