Carlão (Francisco Carlos Smidt) ran in 10 elections between 1996 and 2024, for mayor, city councillor and state deputy, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 6 times: city councillor of Santa Cruz do Sul in 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2000 and 1996. The highest vote was in 2004, for mayor in Santa Cruz do Sul/RS: 27,901 votes. In the 2024 campaign for mayor in Santa Cruz do Sul/RS, reported R$ 119 thousand in income: R$ 80 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 39 thousand from private donations (8 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 119 thousand, mainly on creation and inclusion of web pages (R$ 40 thousand), content boosting (R$ 25 thousand) and legal services (R$ 13 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 18 thousand in 2020 (52% on mail and postage) and R$ 12 thousand in 2016.
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Vote trend across elections
9,060 votes in 2024 · 10 elections
The votes of Francisco Carlos Smidt 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.
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Campaign funding
2024: R$ 119 thousand in income · R$ 119 thousand em gastos
Carlão reported income and spending to the TSE in 6 campaigns: state deputy for Rio Grande do Sul in 2006, city councillor in Santa Cruz do Sul (RS) in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020, and mayor in Santa Cruz do Sul (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$ 119 thousand in income: R$ 80 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 39 thousand from private donations (8 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 119 thousand, mainly on creation and inclusion of web pages (R$ 40 thousand) and content boosting (R$ 25 thousand). In 2020, 52% of the R$ 18 thousand in spending went to mail and postage; in 2016, 57% of the R$ 12 thousand in committed spending went to advertising with printed materials.
Income in 2024R$ 119 thousandcampaign closed
Spending in 2024R$ 119 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2020R$ 18 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns6from 2006 to 2024
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Electoral Fund (FEFC)
Party Fund
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
party and other campaigns 3% · individuals 20% · companies 54% · own funds 23%
Spending contracted
R$ 20 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Printed materialsR$ 6 thousand30.7%
Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 4 thousand20.3%
Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 3 thousand17.1%
Fuel and lubricantsR$ 3 thousand12.3%
7 other categoriesincludes R$ 989 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 4 thousand19.7%
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. 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 · 2024NOT ELECTED9,060LSanta Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul · 71 years · White · Higher education, complete · Vereador · NOVO · no. 30 · see full result
City Councillor · 2020ELECTED1,723LSanta Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul · 67 years · White · Higher education, complete · Empresário · PSDB · no. 45250 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 2016ELECTED2,338LSanta Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul · 63 years · White · Higher education, complete · Vereador · PTB · no. 14250 · see full result
City Councillor · 2012ELECTED1,825LSanta Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul · 59 years · Higher education, complete · Vereador · PTB · no. 14250 · see full result
City Councillor · 2008ELECTED2,916LSanta Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul · 55 years · Higher education, complete · Empresário · PTB · no. 14250 · see full result
State Deputy · 2006ALTERNATE8,532GRS · 53 years · Higher education, complete · Militar Reformado · PMDB · no. 15250 · see full resultcampaign finance report
Mayor · 2004NOT ELECTED27,901LSanta Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul · 51 years · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PMDB · no. 15 · see full result
City Councillor · 2000ELECTED2,123LSanta Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul · 47 years · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PMDB · no. 15250 · see full result
State Deputy · 1998ALTERNATE11,169GRS · 45 years · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PMDB · no. 15250 · see full result
Coligação: PFL / PMDB / PRP
City Councillor · 1996ELECTED2,182LSanta Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul · 43 years · Higher education, complete · Militar · PL · no. 22650 · see full result
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.
Mayor · 2024NOT ELECTED9,060LSanta Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul · 71 years · White · Higher education, complete · Vereador · NOVO · no. 30 · see full result
City Councillor · 2020ELECTED1,723LSanta Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul · 67 years · White · Higher education, complete · Empresário · PSDB · no. 45250 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 2016ELECTED2,338LSanta Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul · 63 years · White · Higher education, complete · Vereador · PTB · no. 14250 · see full result
City Councillor · 2012ELECTED1,825LSanta Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul · 59 years · Higher education, complete · Vereador · PTB · no. 14250 · see full result
