Brazilian Legislator Campaign Finance and Voting Data for the 55th Legislature

Legislator-level data for the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies from the 55th Legislature, covering 2015–2016. The dataset contains campaign finance and roll-call voting information, created by Gabriel Madeira for replication of research on environmental legislation. It was last updated on March 25, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling voting behavior based on legislator-level campaign finance data.
• Analyzing the relationship between political rhetoric and environmental votes.
• Studying the influence of the agribusiness caucus on Brazilian legislation.
• Replicating academic research on legislative politics in Brazil.

Strengths

• Data is tied to a specific legislative period (55th Legislature, 2015–2016).
• Includes two distinct data types: campaign finance and roll-call voting.
• Associated with a replication script for academic research.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse, author Gabriel Madeira.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official Brazilian legislative and electoral records.

Time Range

2015–2016 (55th Legislature).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 22:27:51; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Brazil (Chamber of Deputies).