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Fernando Santana

Fernando Matos Santana (legal name)
5 elections between 2016 and 2026 · PT
45 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, complete
Deputado
Candidate for Federal Deputy · Ceará · 2026 elections · PT · no. 1322
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Fernando Santana (PT) was elected federal deputy for Ceará in 2026, with 129,248 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Fernando Santana (Fernando Matos Santana) ran in 5 elections between 2016 and 2026, for federal deputy, mayor and state deputy. He was elected 3 times: federal deputy in 2026; state deputy in 2022 and 2018. The highest vote was in 2026, for federal deputy for CE: 129,248 votes. In the Legislative Assembly of Ceará, directed R$ 2.6 million in 5 state amendments to the 2023 to 2025 budgets, to 4 municipalities; 0% of this amount has already been paid. In the 2026 campaign for federal deputy for CE, reported R$ 952 thousand in income: R$ 813 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 16 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 6 thousand de outras campanhas and R$ 117 thousand from private donations (5 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 1.1 million, mainly on advertising with stickers (R$ 627 thousand), content boosting (R$ 66 thousand) and legal services (R$ 50 thousand). Partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 18/10/2026: the campaign finance report for this election is still in progress. In previous campaigns, already closed, spent R$ 1.9 million in 2024 and R$ 278 thousand in 2022.

Federal Deputy · 2026
129,248
votes · CE
ELECTED
Term ends in 2030
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Vote trend across elections

129,248 votes in 2026 (elected) · 5 elections

The votes of Fernando Matos Santana 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.

MayorState Dep.Federal Dep.

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$ 952 thousand in income · R$ 1.1 million em gastos contratados

Fernando Santana reported income and spending to the TSE in 5 campaigns: mayor in Barbalha (CE) in 2016, state deputy for Ceará in 2018 and 2022, mayor in Juazeiro do Norte (CE) in 2024, and federal 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$ 952 thousand in income: R$ 813 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 16 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 6 thousand de outras campanhas and R$ 117 thousand from private donations (5 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 1.1 million, mainly on advertising with stickers (R$ 627 thousand) and content boosting (R$ 66 thousand); R$ 840 thousand has already been paid. In 2024, R$ 1.9 million in spending; in 2022, R$ 278 thousand in spending. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 18/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 952 thousandpartial, until 18/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 1.1 millioncontracted, partial; R$ 840 thousand paid
Spending in 2024R$ 1.9 millioncampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns5from 2016 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)
  • Own funds
2026partialFederal deputy, CearáSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 952 thousand
5 individual donors
FEFC 85% · Party Fund 2% · party and other campaigns less than 1% · individuals 12%
Spending contracted
R$ 1.1 million
paid so far: R$ 840 thousand (78%)
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 627 thousand58.0%
  • Content boostingR$ 66 thousand6.1%
  • Legal servicesR$ 50 thousand4.6%
  • Locação/cessão de bens móveis (exceto veículos)R$ 50 thousand4.6%
  • 11 other categoriesincludes R$ 91 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 288 thousand26.7%
2024Mayor, Juazeiro do Norte (CE)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 1.9 million
15 individual donors
FEFC 74% · individuals 26% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 1.9 million
all paid (100%)
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 354 thousand18.9%
  • Content boostingR$ 255 thousand13.6%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 232 thousand12.3%
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 214 thousand11.4%
  • 20 other categoriesincludes R$ 18 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 825 thousand43.8%
2022State deputy, CearáSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 283 thousand
3 individual donors
FEFC 35% · party and other campaigns 62% · individuals 3%
Spending contracted
R$ 278 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 73 thousand26.2%
  • Printed materialsR$ 65 thousand23.3%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 37 thousand13.4%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 24 thousand8.7%
  • 11 other categoriesR$ 79 thousand28.5%
See the 2 previous campaigns
2018State deputy, CearáSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 282 thousand
17 individual donors
FEFC 14% · party and other campaigns 36% · individuals 50%
Spending contracted
R$ 478 thousand
paid: R$ 279 thousand (58%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 250 thousand52.3%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 62 thousand12.9%
  • Locação/cessão de bens móveis (exceto veículos)R$ 45 thousand9.3%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 29 thousand6.0%
  • 12 other categoriesR$ 93 thousand19.5%
2016Mayor, Barbalha (CE)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 255 thousand
10 individual donors
party 90% · individuals 10%
Spending contracted
R$ 255 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 59 thousand23.1%
  • Advertising with sound carsR$ 37 thousand14.6%
  • RalliesR$ 35 thousand13.8%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 27 thousand10.7%
  • 10 other categoriesincludes R$ 32 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 96 thousand37.7%

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 18/10/2026; 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.

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Legislative amendments

R$ 2.6 million directed · 0% paid · 5 amendments in 4 municipalities

Legislative Assembly of Ceará. For information only, based on public data1 · summary and analysis generated with AI2 · may be out of date3 · approximate state figures4

In the Legislative Assembly of Ceará, Fernando Santana directed R$ 2.6 million in 5 state amendments to the 2023 to 2025 budgets (legislative term 2023 a 2026), to 4 municipalities. As of the data collection at the source, 0% of this amount had been paid. The agency that received the most was Fundo Estadual de Saúde (48%). The cities that received the most were Mauriti, Barbalha and Campos Sales.2

SponsoredR$ 2.6 million2023 to 2025 budgets
PaidR$ 00% of the amount directed
Amendments5state
Municipalities4different
By budget year
BudgetSponsoredPaid% paidAmendmentsMunicipalities
2025R$ 1 millionR$ 00%11
2024R$ 1 millionR$ 00%10
2023R$ 600 thousandR$ 00%33
TotalR$ 2.6 millionR$ 00%54

Agencies that received the most

  1. 1Fundo Estadual de SaúdeR$ 1.2 million47.7%
  2. 2Secretaria da EducaçãoR$ 1 million38.5%
  3. 3Secretaria das CidadesR$ 360 thousand13.8%

Municipalities that received the most

  1. 1MauritiR$ 1 million38.5%
  2. 2BarbalhaR$ 240 thousand9.2%
  3. 3Campos SalesR$ 200 thousand7.7%

Source: Assembleia Legislativa do Ceará — emendas parlamentares ao orçamento (PCF/individuais), organized by Radar do Voto. The total leaves out blocked amendments and caucus, committee and rapporteur amendments, which do not have a single author. "Paid" is the current stage of each amendment at the source.

See all amendments in the Amendments Radar ›

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    Disclaimer. Information for reference only, organized by Radar do Voto from public data. It does not replace checking the original source: the transparency portal of the Ceará state government and the Legislative Assembly of Ceará. 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. ↩

  4. 4

    About the state data. Each state publishes legislative amendments in its own format, with different levels of detail and publication deadlines. That is why there may be amendments without an identified municipality, amounts reallocated to another purpose and payments that only appear at the source some time later. The state figures in this profile are an approximation: before any formal use, check the transparency portal of the Ceará state government and the Legislative Assembly of Ceará. ↩

Candidacies

5 candidacies · elected in 2018, 2022 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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