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Chico Lins

Francisco Lins de Medeiros (legal name)
5 elections between 1996 and 2024 · latest party PP
73 years old in 2024 · Male · Reads and writes
Vereador

Chico Lins (Francisco Lins de Medeiros) ran in 5 elections between 1996 and 2024, for city councillor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 5 times: city councillor of São Vicente in 2024, 2020, 2016, 2012 and 1996. The highest vote was in 2024, for city councillor in São Vicente/RN: 474 votes. In the 2024 campaign for city councillor in São Vicente/RN, reported R$ 2 thousand in income: R$ 2 thousand de outras campanhas and R$ 510 from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 510, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 510). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 4 thousand in 2016 and R$ 2 thousand in 2012.

City Councillor · 2024
474
votes · São Vicente, Rio Grande do Norte
ELECTED
Term ends in 2028
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Vote trend across elections

474 votes in 2024 (elected) · 5 elections

The votes of Francisco Lins de Medeiros 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 Councillor

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

2024: R$ 2 thousand in income · R$ 510 em gastos

Chico Lins reported income and spending to the TSE in 3 campaigns: city councillor in São Vicente (RN) in 2012, 2016 and 2024. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2024, reported R$ 2 thousand in income: R$ 2 thousand de outras campanhas and R$ 510 from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 510, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 510). In 2016, R$ 4 thousand in committed spending; in 2012, 91% of the R$ 2 thousand in committed spending went to advertising with printed materials.

Income in 2024R$ 2 thousandcampaign closed
Spending in 2024R$ 510campaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2016R$ 4 thousandcontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns42012, 2016, 2020 and 2024

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Other resources from the party and other campaigns
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Own funds
2024City councillor, São Vicente (RN)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 2 thousand
no donations from individuals
party and other campaigns 75% · own funds 25%
Spending contracted
R$ 510
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 510100.0%
2020City councillor, São Vicente (RN)See donors and spending ›
Raised
no income reported
Spending contracted
no spending reported in the TSE data
2016City councillor, São Vicente (RN)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 4 thousand
donations from individuals
party and other campaigns 11% · individuals 27% · own funds 62%
Spending contracted
R$ 4 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Production of jingles, vignettes and slogansR$ 1 thousand35.0%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 93524.4%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 52013.6%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 3248.5%
  • 3 other categoriesR$ 70618.5%
See the previous campaign
2012City councillor, São Vicente (RN)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 3 thousand
donations from individuals
party and other campaigns 6% · individuals 28% · own funds 66%
Spending contracted
R$ 2 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 2 thousand90.6%
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 1004.7%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 1004.7%

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; 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

5 candidacies · elected in 2016, 2020 and 2024

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.

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.