Souza (Manoel Cunha Neto) ran in 7 elections between 2000 and 2024, for mayor, alternate senator, state deputy and deputy mayor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 6 times: mayor of Areia Branca in 2024, 2008 and 2004; state deputy in 2018 and 2014; deputy mayor of Areia Branca in 2000. The highest vote was in 2018, for state deputy for RN: 31,097 votes. In the 2024 campaign for mayor in Areia Branca/RN, reported R$ 234 thousand in income: R$ 50 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 175 thousand from private donations (18 donors) and R$ 9 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 234 thousand, mainly on advertising with sound cars (R$ 37 thousand), creation and inclusion of web pages (R$ 30 thousand) and legal services (R$ 30 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 238 thousand in 2018 and R$ 257 thousand in 2014.
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Vote trend across elections
9,710 votes in 2024 (elected) · 7 elections
The votes of Manoel Cunha Neto 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. The hatched bar marks an executive running mate or an alternate senator: they do not receive individual votes, so the bar shows the ticket votes of the main candidate (hence the "ticket" next to the number). 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$ 234 thousand in income · R$ 234 thousand em gastos
Souza reported income and spending to the TSE in 4 campaigns: mayor in Areia Branca (RN) in 2008 and 2024, and state deputy for Rio Grande do Norte in 2014 and 2018. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2024, reported R$ 234 thousand in income: R$ 50 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 175 thousand from private donations (18 donors) and R$ 9 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 234 thousand, mainly on advertising with sound cars (R$ 37 thousand) and creation and inclusion of web pages (R$ 30 thousand). In 2018, R$ 238 thousand in spending; in 2014, R$ 257 thousand in committed spending.
Income in 2024R$ 234 thousandcampaign closed
Spending in 2024R$ 234 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2018R$ 238 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns42008, 2014, 2018 and 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)
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Printed materialsR$ 11 thousand22.7%
Fuel and lubricantsR$ 7 thousand15.3%
Third-party servicesR$ 2 thousand4.1%
Encargos financeiros e taxas bancáriasR$ 45less than 0.1%
2 other categoriesincludes R$ 6 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 28 thousand57.9%
Running mates and alternates do not have their own campaign account: the account is that of the main candidate's ticket.
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; 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.
Mayor · 2024ELECTED9,710LAreia Branca, Rio Grande do Norte · 54 years · White · Higher education, complete · Servidor Público Federal · UNIÃO · no. 44 · see full result
Coligação: UNIÃO / PSB / AVANTE / PT / PC do B / PV
Alternate Senator · 2022NOT ELECTED385,275GRN · 52 years · White · Higher education, complete · Deputado · PSB · no. 400 · an alternate senator does not receive individual votes · see full result
Deputy Mayor · 2000ELECTED7,961LAreia Branca, Rio Grande do Norte · 30 years · Higher education, complete · Agrônomo · PMDB · no. 151 · a running mate does not receive individual votes · see full result
Coligação: PMDB / PPB
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.