Zé Firmino (Jose Firmino de Arruda) ran in 3 elections between 2004 and 2020, for mayor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 3 times: mayor of Viçosa do Ceará in 2020, 2016 and 2004. The highest vote was in 2016, for mayor in Viçosa do Ceará/CE: 19,116 votes. In the 2020 campaign for mayor in Viçosa do Ceará/CE, reported R$ 170 thousand in income: R$ 100 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 86 de outras campanhas, R$ 42 thousand from private donations (11 donors) and R$ 28 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 163 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 39 thousand), third-party services (R$ 13 thousand) and legal services (R$ 10 thousand). In the 2016 campaign, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 111 thousand.
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Vote trend across elections
17,746 votes in 2020 (elected) · 3 elections
The votes of Jose Firmino de Arruda 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
2020: R$ 170 thousand in income · R$ 163 thousand em gastos
Zé Firmino reported income and spending to the TSE in 2 campaigns: mayor in Viçosa do Ceará (CE) in 2016 and 2020. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2020, reported R$ 170 thousand in income: R$ 100 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 86 de outras campanhas, R$ 42 thousand from private donations (11 donors) and R$ 28 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 163 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 39 thousand) and third-party services (R$ 13 thousand). In 2016, R$ 111 thousand in committed spending.
Income in 2020R$ 170 thousandcampaign closed
Spending in 2020R$ 163 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2016R$ 111 thousandcontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns22016 and 2020
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Electoral Fund (FEFC)
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
FEFC 59% · party and other campaigns less than 1% · individuals 25% · own funds 16%
Spending contracted
R$ 163 thousand
all paid (100%)
Printed materialsR$ 39 thousand24.0%
Third-party servicesR$ 13 thousand8.1%
Legal servicesR$ 10 thousand6.0%
Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 9 thousand5.7%
10 other categoriesincludes R$ 350 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 58 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 91 thousand56.2%
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Printed materialsR$ 25 thousand22.7%
RalliesR$ 22 thousand19.9%
Transportation or travelR$ 19 thousand17.2%
Third-party servicesR$ 13 thousand11.8%
11 other categoriesincludes R$ 1 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 31 thousand28.3%
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. 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.
Mayor · 2020ELECTED17,746LViçosa do Ceará, Ceará · 63 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Secondary education, incomplete · Prefeito · MDB · no. 15 · 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.
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