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João Costela

Joao Carlos Giestas (legal name)
11 elections between 2000 and 2026 · latest party DC
70 years old in 2026 · Male · Secondary education, incomplete
Aposentado (exceto Servidor Público)
Candidate for State Deputy · Espírito Santo · 2026 elections · DC · no. 27770
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João Costela (DC) got 294 votes for state deputy for Espírito Santo in 2026 and was not elected, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). João Costela (João Carlos Giestas) ran in 11 elections between 2000 and 2026, for state deputy, mayor, federal deputy and city councillor. Not listed as elected in any of them in the TSE results. The highest vote was in 2014, for federal deputy for ES: 2,222 votes. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for ES, reported R$ 4 thousand in income: R$ 2 thousand de outras campanhas, R$ 1 thousand from private donations and R$ 1 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 1 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 1 thousand). Partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026: the campaign finance report for this election is still in progress. In previous campaigns, already closed, spent R$ 2 thousand in 2024 (100% on advertising with printed materials) and R$ 440 in 2020.

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Vote trend across elections

294 votes in 2026 · 11 elections

The votes of Joao Carlos Giestas 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 CouncillorState Dep.Federal Dep.Mayor

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$ 4 thousand in income · R$ 1 thousand em gastos contratados

João Costela reported income and spending to the TSE in 7 campaigns: city councillor in Afonso Cláudio (ES) in 2008 and 2016, federal deputy for Espírito Santo in 2014 and 2022, mayor in Afonso Cláudio (ES) in 2020 and 2024, and state deputy for Espírito Santo 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$ 4 thousand in income: R$ 2 thousand de outras campanhas, R$ 1 thousand from private donations and R$ 1 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 1 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 1 thousand); R$ 1 thousand has already been paid. In 2024, 100% of the R$ 2 thousand in spending went to advertising with printed materials; in 2020, R$ 440 in spending. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 4 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 1 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 1 thousand paid
Spending in 2024R$ 2 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns7from 2008 to 2026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Other resources from the party and other campaigns
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Own funds
2026partialState deputy, Espírito SantoSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 4 thousand
donations from individuals
party and other campaigns 53% · individuals 23% · own funds 23%
Spending contracted
R$ 1 thousand
paid so far: R$ 1 thousand (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 1 thousand100.0%
2024Mayor, Afonso Cláudio (ES)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 2 thousand
donations from individuals
individuals 67% · own funds 33%
Spending contracted
R$ 2 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 2 thousand100.0%
2022Federal deputy, Espírito SantoSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 11 thousand
donations from individuals
FEFC 90% · party and other campaigns 10% · individuals less than 1%
Spending contracted
no spending reported in the TSE data
See the 4 previous campaigns
2020Mayor, Afonso Cláudio (ES)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 440
no donations from individuals
own funds 100%
Spending contracted
R$ 440
all paid (100%)
  • 1 other categoryincludes R$ 440 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 440100.0%
2016City councillor, Afonso Cláudio (ES)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 3 thousand
donations from individuals
party and other campaigns 27% · individuals 53% · own funds 19%
Spending contracted
R$ 3 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 1 thousand53.5%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 59921.8%
  • Printed materialsR$ 45116.5%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 2258.2%
2014Federal deputy, Espírito SantoSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 7 thousand
donations from individuals
party and other campaigns 41% · individuals 7% · own funds 53%
Spending contracted
R$ 7 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Locação/cessão de bens móveisR$ 2 thousand27.9%
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 2 thousand27.9%
  • Printed materialsR$ 1 thousand18.5%
  • StaffR$ 1 thousand15.3%
  • 1 other categoryR$ 75010.4%
2008City councillor, Afonso Cláudio (ES)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 66
no donations from individuals
own funds 100%
Spending contracted
R$ 66
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Encargos financeiros e taxas bancáriasR$ 66100.0%

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 14/10/2026; 2024: TSE data of 14/09/2026; 2022: TSE data of 13/09/2026; 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.

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Candidacies

11 candidacies

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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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.