More than half of Brazil’s elected lower-house members declared assets above R$1 million

TSE data show that 309 of 513 elected federal deputies and 41 of 54 senators declared assets worth more than one million reais. The largest declarations came from deputy Jadyel Alencar and senator Mauro Mendes.

Data from Brazil’s electoral court (TSE) show that 309 of 513 elected members of the Chamber of Deputies, or 60.23%, declared assets worth more than 1 million reais. Among elected senators, 41 of 54, or 75.93%, exceeded that threshold. The figures are candidates’ own asset declarations, available through the DivulgaCandContas system.

The median declared amount was 1.4 million reais for deputies and 1.8 million for senators. The largest declaration among elected deputies was 107.1 million reais, filed by reelected Jadyel Alencar (Republicanos, Piauí). Among senators, former Mato Grosso governor Mauro Mendes (União Brasil) led with 67.1 million reais.

União Brasil had the most elected millionaires in Congress, with 15 deputies and two senators. It was followed by PL, with 14 deputies and three senators, and MDB, with eight deputies and four senators. Together, elected lawmakers from those parties accounted for 49.4% of the assets declared by the 100 wealthiest elected members.

Bahia had the most representatives among the 100 wealthiest, with 13. The Southeast region had 23 elected lawmakers who declared assets above 1 million reais, including eight from São Paulo. The total assets declared by all 513 elected deputies and 54 senators amounted to 2.3 billion reais.