Former deputy has 28.2% voting intentions for the Senate, according to a survey by Paraná Pesquisas
The former federal deputy appeared with 28.2% of voting intentions in the dispute for the Senate in Paraná in a survey carried out by (13.abr.2026). MHis electoral situation continues to be marked by the decision of the Superior Electoral Court which, in May 2023, unanimously revoked his candidacy registration for the Chamber. With the decision, the former deputy is ineligible until 2030.
In 1st place in the survey is the former senator (MDB), with 44.5%.
The Paraná Pesquisas survey interviewed 1,500 people in 56 municipalities from April 10 to 12, 2026. The margin of error is 2.6 percentage points, plus or minus. The confidence level is 95%. The research is registered with the Superior Electoral Court under number PR-06559/2026. According to the company, the study cost R$135,025 and was paid for by the Liberal Party. Here is it (PDF – 734 kB).
Dallagnol ineligible
The understanding was adopted after reversing a decision by the TRE-PR (Paraná Regional Electoral Court), which had authorized his candidacy in 2022.
At the time, the court concluded that Deltan requested dismissal – a public service expression for dismissals – as public prosecutor to avoid possible punishments. For the Court, the departure prevented a PAD (Disciplinary Administrative Process) at the CNMP (National Council of the Public Ministry) from advancing to processes that could result in more serious sanctions.
To the Poder360, president of the OAB-SP Commission for the Defense of Democracy and member of EJEP (São Paulo Electoral Judiciary School), said that the case is exactly in the difference between the reading of the TRE-PR and that of the TSE, which considered the context to assess whether the exoneration was used to avoid the application of the .
ELEMENTS OF INELIGIBILITY
The case’s rapporteur, Minister Benedito Gonçalves, took into consideration 5 elements to conclude that the dismissal was brought forward to avoid punishment:
- Deltan had already received 2 disciplinary sanctions at the CNMP, one of warning and the other of censure;
- there were 15 administrative procedures being processed against him by the council, including complaints, investigations and other procedures;
- prosecutor Diogo Castor de Mattos, who worked with Deltan on the Lava Jato task force, had been fired by the CNMP in October 2021;
- Deltan resigned 16 days after this episode;
- the departure occurred 11 months before the 2022 election, although members of the Public Ministry only needed to leave 6 months before the election.
Read the vote (PDF — 306 kB).
For the lawyer who acted in the action that resulted in the revocation of the candidacy registration, the 2023 judgment consolidated the understanding that the dismissal was carried out to avoid the advancement of disciplinary investigations at the CNMP.
According to him, the TSE’s decision was not based on a single fact, but on a set of elements considered by the Court, including the procedures in progress, the sanctions already applied and the arrival at the CNMP, days before the dismissal, of an investigation with a recommendation to open a PAD.
