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Ronaldo Lessa (Ronaldo Augusto Lessa Santos) ran in 12 elections between 1982 and 2022, for vice governor, deputy mayor, federal deputy, mayor, governor, senator and state deputy, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 6 times: vice governor in 2022; deputy mayor of Maceió in 2020; federal deputy in 2014; governor in 2002 and 1998; state deputy in 1982. The highest vote was in 2010, for governor for AL: 638,762 votes. In 2026, was a candidate for alternate senator for AL with the PDT (registration status in the TSE data: withdrawn). In the Chamber of Deputies, had R$ 55.3 million committed in 37 individual amendments to the 2016 to 2019 budgets, to 44 municipalities; 74% has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. In the 2018 campaign for federal deputy for AL, reported R$ 648 thousand in income: R$ 500 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 100 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 2 thousand de outras campanhas and R$ 45 thousand from private donations (9 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 621 thousand, mainly on third-party services (R$ 312 thousand), advertising with printed materials (R$ 92 thousand) and advertising with stickers (R$ 48 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 1.8 million in 2014 and R$ 1.8 million in 2012.
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The votes of Ronaldo Augusto Lessa Santos 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.
Ronaldo Lessa reported income and spending to the TSE in 5 campaigns: senator for Alagoas in 2006, governor for Alagoas in 2010, mayor in Maceió (AL) in 2012, and federal deputy for Alagoas in 2014 and 2018. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2018, reported R$ 648 thousand in income: R$ 500 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 100 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 2 thousand de outras campanhas and R$ 45 thousand from private donations (9 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 621 thousand, mainly on third-party services (R$ 312 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 92 thousand). In 2014, R$ 1.8 million in committed spending; in 2012, R$ 1.8 million in committed spending.
Fundraising, where the money came from:
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. 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.
In the Chamber of Deputies, Ronaldo Lessa had R$ 55.3 million committed (amount pledged by the government) in 37 individual amendments to the 2016 to 2019 budgets (legislative term 2015 a 2018), to 44 municipalities. R$ 41.1 million (74%) has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. The area that received the most was Saúde (54%). The cities that received the most were Arapiraca, Maceió and Penedo.2
| Budget | Committed | Paid | % paid | Amendments | Municipalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | R$ 15.3 million | R$ 10.2 million | 66% | 7 | 16 |
| 2018 | R$ 14.4 million | R$ 10.4 million | 72% | 11 | 16 |
| 2017 | R$ 12.3 million | R$ 10.6 million | 86% | 8 | 9 |
| 2016 | R$ 13.2 million | R$ 8.6 million | 65% | 10 | 11 |
| Total | R$ 55.2 million | R$ 39.6 million | 72% | 36 | 44 |
Areas that received the most
Municipalities that received the most
Source: Transparency Portal (CGU), organized by Radar do Voto, collected at the source in Oct 2026. Only individual amendments, including special transfers (the "Pix amendments"); the amount is the committed amount, and paid includes carried-over payables. Caucus, committee and rapporteur amendments, which do not have a single author, are in the dashboard.
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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. Data updated on 10/14/2026, collected at the source in Oct 2026. ↩
This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.
Alternate Senator · 2026Renúncia—GAL · 77 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Engenheiro · PDT · no. 456 · candidacy registered for the election of 4 de outubro de 2026 · see full resultcandidacy registration
Vice Governor · 2022ELECTEDRUNOFF834,278GAL · 73 years · White · Higher education, complete · Engenheiro · PDT · no. 15 · First round: 708,984 · a running mate does not receive individual votes · see full resultVice Governor · 2022ELECTEDRUNOFF834,278GAL · 73 years · White · Higher education, complete · Engenheiro · PDT · no. 15 · First round: 708,984 · a running mate does not receive individual votes · see full result
Deputy Mayor · 2020ELECTEDRUNOFF222,147LMaceió, Alagoas · 71 years · White · Higher education, complete · Engenheiro · PDT · no. 40 · First round: 109,053 · a running mate does not receive individual votes · see full resultDeputy Mayor · 2020ELECTEDRUNOFF222,147LMaceió, Alagoas · 71 years · White · Higher education, complete · Engenheiro · PDT · no. 40 · First round: 109,053 · a running mate does not receive individual votes · see full result
Federal Deputy · 2018ALTERNATE55,474GAL · 69 years · White · Higher education, complete · Deputado · PDT · no. 1212 · see full result
Federal Deputy · 2014ELECTED88,125GAL · 65 years · White · Higher education, complete · Engenheiro · PDT · no. 1212 · see full result
Mayor · 2012—LMaceió, Alagoas · 63 years · Higher education, complete · Cientista Político · PDT · no. 12 · registration was listed as withdrawn in the TSE data · see the election
Governor · 2010RunoffNOT ELECTED638,762GAL · 61 years · Higher education, complete · Engenheiro · PDT · no. 12 · see full resultGovernor · 2010First roundTO THE RUNOFF394,155GAL · 61 years · Higher education, complete · Engenheiro · PDT · no. 12 · see full resultG 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.
The 2026 candidacy comes from the candidacy registry published by the TSE (the election is on 4 de outubro de 2026). The result is not yet part of this database, so this line appears without votes. The TSE republishes this file while the registrations are ruled on.
