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Gadyel

Gadyel Gonçalves de Aguiar Paula (legal name)
5 elections between 2012 and 2026 · latest party PT
48 years old in 2026 · Male · Secondary education, complete
Empresário
Candidate for State Deputy · Ceará · 2026 elections · PT · no. 13700
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Gadyel (PT) was elected state deputy for Ceará in 2026, with 67,370 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Gadyel (Gadyel Gonçalves de Aguiar Paula) ran in 5 elections between 2012 and 2026, for state deputy, mayor and federal deputy. He was elected 3 times: state deputy in 2026; mayor of São Benedito in 2016 and 2012. The highest vote was in 2026, for state deputy for CE: 67,370 votes. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for CE, reported R$ 199 thousand in income: R$ 111 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 16 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 11 thousand from private donations and R$ 62 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 227 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 111 thousand), activists and street mobilization (R$ 37 thousand) and third-party services (R$ 22 thousand). Partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026: the campaign finance report for this election is still in progress. In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 109 thousand in 2024 and R$ 136 thousand in 2016.

State Deputy · 2026
67,370
votes · CE
ELECTED
Term ends in 2030
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Vote trend across elections

67,370 votes in 2026 (elected) · 5 elections

The votes of Gadyel Gonçalves de Aguiar Paula 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.

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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

2026 (partial): R$ 199 thousand in income · R$ 227 thousand em gastos contratados

Gadyel reported income and spending to the TSE in 4 campaigns: mayor in São Benedito (CE) in 2012 and 2016, mayor in Graça (CE) in 2024, and state deputy for Ceará in 2026. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 199 thousand in income: R$ 111 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 16 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 11 thousand from private donations and R$ 62 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 227 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 111 thousand) and activists and street mobilization (R$ 37 thousand); R$ 141 thousand has already been paid. In 2024, R$ 109 thousand in spending; in 2016, R$ 136 thousand in committed spending. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 199 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 227 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 141 thousand paid
Spending in 2024R$ 109 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns5from 2012 to 2026

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
2026partialState deputy, CearáSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 199 thousand
donations from individuals
FEFC 56% · Party Fund 8% · individuals 6% · own funds 31%
Spending contracted
R$ 227 thousand
paid so far: R$ 141 thousand (62%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 111 thousand48.8%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 37 thousand16.4%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 22 thousand9.6%
  • Legal servicesR$ 15 thousand6.6%
  • 7 other categoriesR$ 42 thousand18.6%
2024Mayor, Graça (CE)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 112 thousand
donations from individuals
FEFC 89% · individuals 3% · own funds 8%
Spending contracted
R$ 109 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 30 thousand27.9%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 16 thousand14.2%
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 15 thousand13.6%
  • Candidacy promotion eventsR$ 11 thousand10.3%
  • 9 other categoriesR$ 37 thousand34.0%
See the 2 previous campaigns
2016Mayor, São Benedito (CE)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 136 thousand
no donations from individuals
own funds 100%
Spending contracted
R$ 136 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 31 thousand22.6%
  • RalliesR$ 24 thousand17.3%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 23 thousand16.6%
  • Printed materialsR$ 20 thousand14.8%
  • 7 other categoriesR$ 39 thousand28.7%
2012Mayor, São Benedito (CE)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 181 thousand
14 individual donors
party 50% · individuals 18% · companies 12% · own funds 20%
Spending contracted
R$ 111 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 34 thousand30.6%
  • Printed materialsR$ 26 thousand23.4%
  • Locação/cessão de bens móveisR$ 18 thousand15.8%
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 7 thousand6.3%
  • 4 other categoriesincludes R$ 14 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 26 thousand23.9%

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. 2026: partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026; 2024: TSE data of 14/09/2026; 2022: 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.

See donors, suppliers and spending ›

Candidacies

5 candidacies · elected in 2012, 2016 and 2026

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.

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