Benedito de Lira ran in 12 elections between 1982 and 2024, for mayor, senator, governor, federal deputy, vice governor and state deputy, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 9 times: mayor of Barra de São Miguel in 2024 and 2020; senator in 2010; federal deputy in 2006, 2002 and 1994; state deputy in 1990, 1986 and 1982. The highest vote was in 2010, for senator for AL: 904,345 votes. In the Federal Senate, had R$ 40 million committed in 23 individual amendments to the 2016 to 2018 budgets, to 41 municipalities; 78% has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. In the 2024 campaign for mayor in Barra de São Miguel/AL, reported R$ 537 thousand in income: R$ 535 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 2 thousand from private donations. Contracted spending totals R$ 535 thousand, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 120 thousand), third-party services (R$ 82 thousand) and election polls or tests (R$ 47 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 297 thousand in 2020 and R$ 2.6 million in 2018.
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Vote trend across elections
4,563 votes in 2024 (elected) · 12 elections
The votes of Benedito de Lira 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$ 537 thousand in income · R$ 535 thousand em gastos
Benedito de Lira reported income and spending to the TSE in 6 campaigns: federal deputy for Alagoas in 2006, senator for Alagoas in 2010 and 2018, governor for Alagoas in 2014, and mayor in Barra de São Miguel (AL) 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$ 537 thousand in income: R$ 535 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 2 thousand from private donations. Contracted spending totals R$ 535 thousand, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 120 thousand) and third-party services (R$ 82 thousand). In 2020, R$ 297 thousand in committed spending; in 2018, R$ 2.6 million in committed spending.
Income in 2024R$ 537 thousandcampaign closed
Spending in 2024R$ 535 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2020R$ 297 thousandcontracted, campaign closed
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)
FEFC 86% · Party Fund 11% · party and other campaigns 1% · individuals less than 1% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 2.6 million
paid: R$ 2.1 million (81%)
Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 620 thousand23.6%
Third-party servicesR$ 526 thousand20.0%
Activists and street mobilizationR$ 400 thousand15.2%
Advertising with stickersR$ 261 thousand9.9%
10 other categoriesincludes R$ 7 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 120 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 822 thousand31.3%
Party Fund 7% · party and other campaigns 73% · individuals less than 1% · companies 20% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 9.3 million
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 1.7 million18.3%
Printed materialsR$ 1.7 million18.0%
StaffR$ 1.3 million13.4%
Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 832 thousand8.9%
20 other categoriesincludes R$ 487 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 90 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 3.9 million41.4%
party and other campaigns less than 1% · companies 98% · own funds 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 461 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Printed materialsR$ 217 thousand47.2%
Fuel and lubricantsR$ 115 thousand25.0%
StaffR$ 90 thousand19.5%
Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 33 thousand7.2%
5 other categoriesR$ 6 thousand1.2%
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.
R$ 40 million committed · 78% paid · 23 amendments in 41 municipalities
Federal Senate. For information only, based on public data1 · summary and analysis generated with AI2 · data updated on 10/14/20263
In the Federal Senate, Benedito de Lira had R$ 40 million committed (amount pledged by the government) in 23 individual amendments to the 2016 to 2018 budgets (legislative term 2015 a 2018), to 41 municipalities. R$ 31.2 million (78%) has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. The area that received the most was Saúde (49%). The cities that received the most were Maceió, São José da Laje and Maragogi.2
CommittedR$ 40 million2016 to 2018 budgets
PaidR$ 31.2 million78% of the committed amount, with carried-over payables
Amendments23individual
Municipalities41different
By budget year
Budget
Committed
Paid
% paid
Amendments
Municipalities
2018
R$ 14.2 million
R$ 13.6 million
96%
8
18
2017
R$ 12.2 million
R$ 11.9 million
97%
7
20
2016
R$ 13.5 million
R$ 6 million
44%
8
9
Total
R$ 40 million
R$ 31.4 million
79%
23
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Areas that received the most
1SaúdeR$ 19.6 million49.1%
2UrbanismoR$ 13 million32.5%
3Desporto e LazerR$ 2.1 million5.2%
Municipalities that received the most
1MaceióR$ 8.8 million22.1%
2São José da LajeR$ 2.1 million5.4%
3MaragogiR$ 2.1 million5.3%
Source: Transparency Portal (CGU), organized by Radar do Voto, collected at the source in Oct 2026. Only individual amendments, including special transfers (the "Pix amendments"); the amount is the committed amount, and paid includes carried-over payables. Caucus, committee and rapporteur amendments, which do not have a single author, are in the dashboard.
Disclaimer. Information for reference only, organized by Radar do Voto from public data. It does not replace checking the original source: the Transparency Portal (CGU) and the Federal Senate website. Radar do Voto is not responsible for decisions made based only on this information. ↩
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Analysis generated with AI. The summary and analysis texts in this section were generated with the help of artificial intelligence from these data and may contain inaccuracies. When in doubt, the numbers from the original source prevail. ↩
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May be out of date. Committed and paid amounts change during the year, and this section may not reflect the most recent publication from the source. Data updated on 10/14/2026, collected at the source in Oct 2026. ↩
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Candidacies
12 candidacies · elected in 2010, 2020 and 2024
This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.
Mayor · 2024ELECTED4,563LBarra de São Miguel, Alagoas · 82 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PP · no. 11 · see full result
Mayor · 2020ELECTED2,900LBarra de São Miguel, Alagoas · 78 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PP · no. 11 · see full result
Vice Governor · 1998—GAL · 56 years · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PFL · no. 251 · a running mate does not receive individual votes · see the election
Coligação: PFL / PMDB / PSDB / PTB
Federal Deputy · 1994ELECTED · REMAINDER34,217GAL · 52 years · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PFL · no. 2518 · see full resultChamber of Deputies
State Deputy · 1990ELECTED12,636GAL · 48 years · PFL · no. 25218 · see full result
State Deputy · 1986ELECTED12,484GAL · 44 years · PFL · see full result
State Deputy · 1982ELECTED14,425GAL · 40 years · PDS · 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.