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Ricardo Nicolau

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Ricardo Nicolau
Luis Ricardo Saldanha Nicolau (legal name)
9 elections between 1996 and 2022 · latest party SOLIDARIEDADE
47 years old in 2022 · Male · Higher education, incomplete
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Ricardo Nicolau (Luis Ricardo Saldanha Nicolau) ran in 9 elections between 1996 and 2022, for governor, mayor, state deputy and city councillor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 6 times: state deputy in 2018, 2014, 2010, 2006 and 1998; city councillor of Manaus in 1996. The highest vote was in 2022, for governor for AM: 217,588 votes. In the 2022 campaign for governor for AM, reported R$ 5.8 million in income: R$ 3 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 2.2 million from private donations and R$ 700 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 5.8 million, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 1.6 million), content boosting (R$ 1 million) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 706 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 7.6 million in 2020 and R$ 50 thousand in 2018.

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Vote trend across elections

217,588 votes in 2022 · 9 elections

The votes of Luis Ricardo Saldanha Nicolau 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.MayorGovernor

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

2022: R$ 5.8 million in income · R$ 5.8 million em gastos

Ricardo Nicolau reported income and spending to the TSE in 6 campaigns: state deputy for Amazonas in 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018, mayor in Manaus (AM) in 2020, and governor for Amazonas in 2022. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2022, reported R$ 5.8 million in income: R$ 3 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 2.2 million from private donations and R$ 700 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 5.8 million, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 1.6 million) and content boosting (R$ 1 million). In 2020, R$ 7.6 million in committed spending; in 2018, 42% of the R$ 50 thousand in spending went to advertising with printed materials.

Income in 2022R$ 5.8 millioncampaign closed
Spending in 2022R$ 5.8 millioncampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2020R$ 7.6 millioncontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns6from 2006 to 2022

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Party Fund
  • Other resources from the party and other campaigns
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Companies (until 2014)
  • Own funds
2022Governor, AmazonasSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 5.8 million
donations from individuals
FEFC 51% · individuals 37% · own funds 12%
Spending contracted
R$ 5.8 million
all paid (100%)
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 1.6 million27.3%
  • Content boostingR$ 1 million17.7%
  • Printed materialsR$ 706 thousand12.1%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 614 thousand10.6%
  • 18 other categoriesincludes R$ 188 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 1.9 million32.4%
2020Mayor, Manaus (AM)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 5.8 million
20 individual donors
FEFC 39% · individuals 60% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 7.6 million
paid: R$ 5.8 million (76%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 2.4 million31.1%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 1.1 million14.5%
  • Printed materialsR$ 758 thousand9.9%
  • FoodR$ 712 thousand9.3%
  • 20 other categoriesincludes R$ 295 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 2.7 million35.1%
2018State deputy, AmazonasSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 399 thousand
donations from individuals
party and other campaigns 87% · individuals 13%
Spending contracted
R$ 50 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 21 thousand41.7%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 12 thousand24.2%
  • Content boostingR$ 10 thousand20.2%
  • Advertising with sound carsR$ 3 thousand6.0%
  • 4 other categoriesR$ 4 thousand7.9%
See the 3 previous campaigns
2014State deputy, AmazonasSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 579 thousand
4 individual donors
party and other campaigns 5% · individuals 8% · companies 82% · own funds 4%
Spending contracted
R$ 579 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Mail and postageR$ 169 thousand29.1%
  • Printed materialsR$ 110 thousand19.0%
  • StaffR$ 85 thousand14.7%
  • Transportation or travelR$ 69 thousand11.8%
  • 13 other categoriesincludes R$ 1 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 147 thousand25.4%
2010State deputy, AmazonasSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 266 thousand
donations from individuals
Party Fund 8% · party and other campaigns 25% · individuals 11% · companies 56%
Spending contracted
R$ 266 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • StaffR$ 64 thousand23.9%
  • Despesas postaisR$ 54 thousand20.2%
  • Printed materialsR$ 29 thousand10.8%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 13 thousand4.7%
  • 7 other categoriesincludes R$ 131 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 108 thousand40.4%
2006State deputy, AmazonasSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 42 thousand
no donations from individuals
companies 100%
Spending contracted
R$ 42 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Despesas postaisR$ 9 thousand21.4%
  • Publicidade por telemarketingR$ 9 thousand20.7%
  • StaffR$ 9 thousand20.4%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 5 thousand11.0%
  • 5 other categoriesR$ 11 thousand26.5%

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. 2022: TSE data of 13/09/2026; 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.

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Candidacies

9 candidacies · elected in 2010, 2014 and 2018

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.