Lei da Ficha Limpa, governança eleitoral e sistema eleitoral brasileiro

Abstract

Analyze the impact of the enactment of clean record law (Lei da Ficha Limpa) primarily on the electoral governance and therefore within the general framework of the electoral system in Brazil is the goal of this dissertation. By using statistical methods for analyzing the data of the electoral candidacies of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) in order to compare previous municipal elections (2004 and 2008) to the enactment of the new law in relation to the last municipal election (2012), the first after it’s enactment. Data analysis shows that the quantitative impact of the new law is very small in the Brazilian electoral system, and therefore unable to produce large improvements in governance as much in Brazil’s elections system. Specifically it will be demonstrated that the candidacies applications are under direct influence of the electoral legislation of the year of the election, the political position in the dispute, and the political party of the candidate.