Sebastião Melo reported income and spending to the TSE in 7 campaigns: state deputy for Rio Grande do Sul in 2006, 2010 and 2018, city councillor in Porto Alegre (RS) in 2008, and mayor in Porto Alegre (RS) in 2016, 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$ 10.8 million in income: R$ 7.1 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 1.2 million from the Party Fund, R$ 6 thousand de outras campanhas, R$ 2.4 million from private donations (537 donors) and R$ 9 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 10.7 million, mainly on third-party services (R$ 2.9 million) and production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 2.8 million). In 2020, 42% of the R$ 3.4 million in spending went to third-party services; in 2018, R$ 351 thousand in spending.
Income in 2024R$ 10.8 millioncampaign closed
Spending in 2024R$ 10.7 millioncampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2020R$ 3.4 millioncampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns7from 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)
- Companies (until 2014)
- Own funds
Raised
R$ 10.8 million
537 individual donors
FEFC 66% · Party Fund 11% · party and other campaigns less than 1% · individuals 23% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 10.7 million
all paid (100%)
- Third-party servicesR$ 2.9 million27.3%
- Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 2.8 million26.1%
- Printed materialsR$ 1.6 million14.4%
- Election polls or testsR$ 757 thousand7.0%
- 18 other categoriesincludes R$ 30 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 1 million donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 2.7 million25.1%
Raised
R$ 3.4 million
147 individual donors and an online crowdfunding campaign
FEFC 59% · individuals 41% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 3.4 million
all paid (100%)
- Third-party servicesR$ 1.4 million42.2%
- Printed materialsR$ 642 thousand18.9%
- Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 598 thousand17.6%
- Election polls or testsR$ 260 thousand7.7%
- 17 other categoriesincludes R$ 32 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 459 thousand13.5%
Raised
R$ 358 thousand
30 individual donors and an online crowdfunding campaign
FEFC 42% · party and other campaigns 41% · individuals 17%
Spending contracted
R$ 351 thousand
all paid (100%)
- StaffR$ 112 thousand31.9%
- Third-party servicesR$ 72 thousand20.5%
- Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 54 thousand15.3%
- Printed materialsR$ 44 thousand12.6%
- 12 other categoriesR$ 69 thousand19.7%
See the 4 previous campaigns
Raised
R$ 1.9 million
527 individual donors
Party Fund 40% · individuals 60% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 1.9 million
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
- Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 981 thousand52.2%
- Printed materialsR$ 453 thousand24.1%
- Third-party servicesR$ 234 thousand12.5%
- Advertising with stickersR$ 63 thousand3.3%
- 10 other categoriesR$ 148 thousand7.9%
Raised
R$ 199 thousand
16 individual donors
party and other campaigns less than 1% · individuals 18% · companies 74% · own funds 8%
Spending contracted
R$ 199 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
- Printed materialsR$ 51 thousand25.6%
- Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 32 thousand15.9%
- Production of jingles, vignettes and slogansR$ 26 thousand13.1%
- Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 22 thousand11.1%
- 8 other categoriesR$ 68 thousand34.3%
Raised
R$ 260 thousand
14 individual donors
party and other campaigns less than 1% · individuals 23% · companies 65% · own funds 12%
Spending contracted
R$ 259 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
- Printed materialsR$ 59 thousand22.9%
- Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 42 thousand16.3%
- Third-party servicesR$ 21 thousand8.3%
- Despesas postaisR$ 21 thousand8.2%
- 14 other categoriesincludes R$ 400 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 115 thousand44.3%
Raised
R$ 129 thousand
23 individual donors
party and other campaigns 4% · individuals 21% · companies 67% · own funds 7%
Spending contracted
R$ 129 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
- Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 43 thousand33.0%
- Printed materialsR$ 29 thousand22.1%
- Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 13 thousand10.4%
- TelephoneR$ 5 thousand4.2%
- 20 other categoriesincludes R$ 94 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 39 thousand30.3%
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. 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.
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