Elmano de Freitas (PT) was elected governor of Ceará in 2026, with 2,875,573 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Elmano de Freitas (Elmano de Freitas da Costa) ran in 8 elections between 1996 and 2026, for governor, mayor, state deputy, deputy mayor and city councillor. He was elected 4 times: governor in 2026 and 2022; state deputy in 2018 and 2014. The highest vote was in 2026, for governor for CE: 2,875,573 votes. In the 2026 campaign for governor for CE, reported R$ 13.2 million in income: R$ 1.2 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 514 thousand de outros recursos do partido and R$ 11.5 million from private donations (21 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 8.5 million, mainly on content boosting (R$ 3.9 million), third-party services (R$ 1.8 million) and activists and street mobilization (R$ 730 thousand). Partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 28/10/2026: the campaign finance report for this election is still in progress. In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 11.7 million in 2022 and R$ 816 thousand in 2020.
Em um PDF e uma planilha, por e-mail: a votação em todas as eleições, até o bairro e a escola onde o TSE publica, as contas de campanha, os bens declarados e as emendas.
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Vote trend across elections
2,875,573 votes in 2026 (elected) · 8 elections
The votes of Elmano de Freitas da Costa 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.
City CouncillorMayorState Dep.Governorticket votes (running mate/alternate)
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.
The 12 cities above add up to 41.83% of this candidacy's votes (2,875,573 votes). The bar and the “% of their total” are the share that came from each city; the city percentage is the share of the valid votes there that went to this candidacy.
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Campaign funding
2026 (partial): R$ 13.2 million in income · R$ 8.5 million em gastos contratados
Elmano de Freitas reported income and spending to the TSE in 6 campaigns: mayor in Fortaleza (CE) in 2012, state deputy for Ceará in 2014 and 2018, mayor in Caucaia (CE) in 2020, and governor for Ceará in 2022 and 2026. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 13.2 million in income: R$ 1.2 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 514 thousand de outros recursos do partido and R$ 11.5 million from private donations (21 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 8.5 million, mainly on content boosting (R$ 3.9 million) and third-party services (R$ 1.8 million); R$ 5 million has already been paid. In 2022, R$ 11.7 million in committed spending; in 2020, R$ 816 thousand in spending. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 28/10/2026.
Income in 2026R$ 13.2 millionpartial, until 28/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 8.5 millioncontracted, partial; R$ 5 million paid
Spending in 2022R$ 11.7 millioncontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns6from 2012 to 2026
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Electoral Fund (FEFC)
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
Activists and street mobilizationR$ 72 thousand8.9%
Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 28 thousand3.4%
11 other categoriesincludes R$ 2 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 200 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 290 thousand35.6%
party 76% · individuals 11% · companies 13% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 11.6 million
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Third-party servicesR$ 4.4 million38.0%
Production of jingles, vignettes and slogansR$ 2.1 million18.3%
Printed materialsR$ 1.3 million11.6%
Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 1.1 million9.3%
18 other categoriesincludes R$ 5 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 2.7 million22.9%
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. 2026: partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 28/10/2026; 2022: TSE data of 13/09/2026; 2020: TSE data of 12/09/2026; 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.
Deputy Mayor · 2016NOT ELECTED193,687LFortaleza, Ceará · 46 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PT · no. 13 · a running mate does not receive individual votes · see full result
City Councillor · 19964not electedLBaturité, Ceará · 26 years · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PT · no. 13615 · 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.
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.