Marcelo Arar ran in 6 elections between 2004 and 2024, for city councillor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 3 times: city councillor of Rio de Janeiro in 2020, 2016 and 2012. The highest vote was in 2012, for city councillor in Rio de Janeiro/RJ: 16,756 votes. In the 2024 campaign for city councillor in Rio de Janeiro/RJ, reported R$ 470 thousand in income: R$ 331 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 78 thousand from private donations (9 donors) and R$ 61 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 470 thousand, mainly on mail and postage (R$ 198 thousand), content boosting (R$ 124 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 85 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 520 thousand in 2020 and R$ 385 thousand in 2016.
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Vote trend across elections
8,222 votes in 2024 · 6 elections
The votes of Marcelo Arar 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$ 470 thousand in income · R$ 470 thousand em gastos
Marcelo Arar reported income and spending to the TSE in 5 campaigns: city councillor in Rio de Janeiro (RJ) in 2008, 2012, 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$ 470 thousand in income: R$ 331 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 78 thousand from private donations (9 donors) and R$ 61 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 470 thousand, mainly on mail and postage (R$ 198 thousand) and content boosting (R$ 124 thousand). In 2020, R$ 520 thousand in committed spending; in 2016, 46% of the R$ 385 thousand in committed spending went to advertising with printed materials.
Income in 2024R$ 470 thousandcampaign closed
Spending in 2024R$ 470 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2020R$ 520 thousandcontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns5from 2008 to 2024
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Electoral Fund (FEFC)
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Third-party servicesR$ 33 thousand46.7%
Printed materialsR$ 22 thousand30.4%
Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 8 thousand11.6%
Creation and inclusion of web pagesR$ 5 thousand7.2%
4 other categoriesincludes R$ 11 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 3 thousand4.2%
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. 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 · 20248,222not electedLRio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro · 49 years · White · Secondary education, complete · Deputado · AGIR · no. 36000 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 2020ELECTED12,330LRio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro · 45 years · White · Secondary education, complete · Vereador · PTB · no. 14000 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 2016ELECTED16,230LRio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro · 41 years · White · Secondary education, complete · Produtor de Espetáculos Públicos · PTB · no. 14000 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 2012ELECTED16,756LRio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro · 37 years · Secondary education, complete · PT · no. 13000 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 2008ALTERNATE8,831LRio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro · 33 years · Secondary education, complete · Produtor de Espetáculos Públicos · PSDB · no. 45000 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 2004ALTERNATE7,070LRio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro · 29 years · Secondary education, complete · PSDB · no. 45000 · see full resultcampaign finance report
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.