Janio (Jânio dos Santos Mendes) ran in 12 elections between 1996 and 2024, for city councillor, state deputy, mayor and federal deputy, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 4 times: state deputy in 2014; city councillor of Cabo Frio in 2004, 2000 and 1996. The highest vote was in 2012, for mayor in Cabo Frio/RJ: 40,631 votes. In the 2024 campaign for city councillor in Cabo Frio/RJ, reported R$ 31 thousand in income: R$ 21 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 2 thousand de outras campanhas and R$ 8 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 28 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 15 thousand), content boosting (R$ 8 thousand) and production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 4 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 402 thousand in 2022 and R$ 237 thousand in 2018.
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Vote trend across elections
795 votes in 2024 · 12 elections
The votes of Janio dos Santos Mendes 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$ 31 thousand in income · R$ 28 thousand em gastos
Janio reported income and spending to the TSE in 9 campaigns: federal deputy for Rio de Janeiro in 2006, mayor in Cabo Frio (RJ) in 2008, 2012 and 2016, state deputy for Rio de Janeiro in 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022, and city councillor in Cabo Frio (RJ) 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$ 31 thousand in income: R$ 21 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 2 thousand de outras campanhas and R$ 8 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 28 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 15 thousand) and content boosting (R$ 8 thousand). In 2022, R$ 402 thousand in committed spending; in 2018, 48% of the R$ 237 thousand in spending went to advertising with printed materials.
Income in 2024R$ 31 thousandcampaign closed
Spending in 2024R$ 28 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2022R$ 402 thousandcontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns9from 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 76% · companies 10% · own funds 12%
Spending contracted
R$ 36 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Printed materialsR$ 5 thousand13.5%
Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 3 thousand8.9%
Fuel and lubricantsR$ 1 thousand3.4%
Encargos financeiros e taxas bancáriasR$ 30less than 0.1%
5 other categoriesR$ 27 thousand74.1%
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; 2022: TSE data of 13/09/2026; 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.
City Councillor · 2024795not electedLCabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro · 59 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PDT · no. 12601 · see full resultcampaign finance report
State Deputy · 2022ALTERNATE15,628GRJ · 57 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PDT · no. 12601 · see full resultcampaign finance report
State Deputy · 2018ALTERNATE10,724GRJ · 53 years · White · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PDT · no. 12601 · see full resultcampaign finance report
Mayor · 2016NOT ELECTED18,851LCabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro · 51 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Deputado · PDT · no. 12 · see full result
Coligação: PDT / PSL / PMN / PMB / PC do B / PSDC / PSB / PT
Federal Deputy · 2006ALTERNATE13,980GRJ · 41 years · Higher education, complete · Vereador · PDT · no. 1261 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 2004ELECTED2,977LCabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro · 39 years · Higher education, complete · Senador, Deputado e Vereador · PDT · no. 12601 · see full result
City Councillor · 2000ELECTED1,436LCabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro · 35 years · Higher education, complete · Professor de Ensino de Primeiro e Segundo Graus · PDT · no. 12601 · see full result
Coligação: PDT / PT do B / PST
City Councillor · 1996ELECTED · REMAINDER835LCabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro · 31 years · Higher education, complete · Professor · PDT · no. 12601 · 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.
City Councillor · 2024795not electedLCabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro · 59 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PDT · no. 12601 · see full resultcampaign finance report
State Deputy · 2022ALTERNATE15,628GRJ · 57 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PDT · no. 12601 · see full resultcampaign finance report
State Deputy · 2018ALTERNATE10,724GRJ · 53 years · White · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PDT · no. 12601 · see full resultcampaign finance report
Mayor · 2016NOT ELECTED18,851LCabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro · 51 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Deputado · PDT · no. 12 · see full result
State Deputy · 2014ELECTED28,012GRJ · 49 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Deputado · PDT · no. 12601 · see full resultcampaign finance reportLegislative Assembly
Mayor · 2012NOT ELECTED40,631LCabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro · 47 years · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PDT · no. 12 · see full result
State Deputy · 2010ALTERNATE21,691GRJ · 45 years · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PDT · no. 12601 · see full resultcampaign finance report
