diff --git a/src/app/(campaign)/campanha/(app)/dobradinhas/formActions.ts b/src/app/(campaign)/campanha/(app)/dobradinhas/formActions.ts
index f0b32122..aeafd5ac 100644
--- a/src/app/(campaign)/campanha/(app)/dobradinhas/formActions.ts
+++ b/src/app/(campaign)/campanha/(app)/dobradinhas/formActions.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ const stateDeputyContactSafeMessages = [
 
 const stateDeputyPartySafeMessages = [STATE_DEPUTY_STAFF_MESSAGE] as const
 
-const stateDeputyBallotNameSafeMessages = [STATE_DEPUTY_STAFF_MESSAGE] as const
+/** The party and ballotName inline cells share the same refusal vocabulary. */
+const stateDeputyInlineFieldSafeMessages = stateDeputyPartySafeMessages
 
 /** Per-field Contact edit for B163 (lista + ficha). */
 export const updateStateDeputyContactFormAction = async (
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ export const updateStateDeputyBallotNameFormAction = async (
       })
       return { message: 'Salvo.' }
     },
-    safeMessages: stateDeputyBallotNameSafeMessages,
+    safeMessages: stateDeputyInlineFieldSafeMessages,
     genericMessage:
       'Não foi possível salvar o nome de legenda. Verifique os dados e tente novamente.',
   })
diff --git a/src/app/(campaign)/campanha/(app)/dobradinhas/page.tsx b/src/app/(campaign)/campanha/(app)/dobradinhas/page.tsx
index 4d13b525..4e48d4bb 100644
--- a/src/app/(campaign)/campanha/(app)/dobradinhas/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(campaign)/campanha/(app)/dobradinhas/page.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   CampaignTransitionAnchor,
 } from '@/components/campaign/shared/CampaignListPending'
 import { CampaignListSheetProvider } from '@/components/campaign/shared/CampaignListSheetHost'
+import { CampaignNameSubline } from '@/components/campaign/shared/CampaignNameSubline'
 import {
   CampaignTable,
   CampaignTableHead,
@@ -136,10 +137,12 @@ const stateDeputyColumns = (
         />
         {/* C129 — the ballot name sits OUTSIDE the name cell's click-to-edit
             region (sibling, not child), so clicking it never opens the name
-            editor. */}
-        {row.ballotName ? (
-          <span className="truncate text-xs text-muted-foreground">{row.ballotName}</span>
-        ) : null}
+            editor. A legenda identical to the real name is skipped (same
+            policy as `peopleNameSubline`). */}
+        <CampaignNameSubline
+          value={row.ballotName !== row.name ? row.ballotName : null}
+          srLabel="Nome de legenda"
+        />
       </div>
     ),
   },
diff --git a/src/app/(campaign)/campanha/(app)/pessoas/page.tsx b/src/app/(campaign)/campanha/(app)/pessoas/page.tsx
index 712ae9fa..acf718fa 100644
--- a/src/app/(campaign)/campanha/(app)/pessoas/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(campaign)/campanha/(app)/pessoas/page.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   CampaignTransitionAnchor,
 } from '@/components/campaign/shared/CampaignListPending'
 import { CampaignListSheetProvider } from '@/components/campaign/shared/CampaignListSheetHost'
+import { CampaignNameSubline } from '@/components/campaign/shared/CampaignNameSubline'
 import {
   CampaignTable,
   CampaignTableHead,
@@ -193,9 +194,7 @@ const peopleColumns = ({
               <span className="shrink-0 text-muted-foreground">({row.party})</span>
             ) : null}
           </div>
-          {subline ? (
-            <span className="truncate text-xs text-muted-foreground">{subline}</span>
-          ) : null}
+          <CampaignNameSubline value={subline} srLabel="Nome de legenda" />
         </div>
       )
     },
diff --git a/src/components/campaign/shared/CampaignNameSubline.tsx b/src/components/campaign/shared/CampaignNameSubline.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85d692e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/campaign/shared/CampaignNameSubline.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * The "discreto sob o nome" secondary line (C129): the same muted small text
+ * under a name in every surface — people table, dobradinhas list and ficha.
+ * The position is the visual label; an optional `srLabel` names the line for
+ * screen readers (the muted/small styling does not exist in a linear read).
+ */
+export const CampaignNameSubline = ({
+  value,
+  srLabel,
+}: {
+  value: string | null | undefined
+  srLabel?: string
+}) =>
+  value ? (
+    <span className="truncate text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+      {srLabel ? <span className="sr-only">{srLabel} </span> : null}
+      {value}
+    </span>
+  ) : null
diff --git a/src/components/campaign/stateDeputy/StateDeputyContactSection.tsx b/src/components/campaign/stateDeputy/StateDeputyContactSection.tsx
index a625d9af..8cc17c87 100644
--- a/src/components/campaign/stateDeputy/StateDeputyContactSection.tsx
+++ b/src/components/campaign/stateDeputy/StateDeputyContactSection.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import { updateStateDeputyContactFormAction } from '@/app/(campaign)/campanha/(app)/dobradinhas/formActions'
 import { CampaignInlineEditableCell } from '@/components/campaign/shared/CampaignInlineEditableCell'
+import { CampaignNameSubline } from '@/components/campaign/shared/CampaignNameSubline'
 import { PhonesFieldEditor } from '@/components/campaign/shared/PhonesFieldEditor'
 
 type StateDeputyContactSectionProps = {
@@ -39,8 +40,8 @@ export const StateDeputyContactSection = ({
               formAction={updateStateDeputyContactFormAction}
               href={`/campanha/dobradinhas/${stateDeputyId}`}
             />
-            {ballotName ? (
-              <span className="truncate text-xs text-muted-foreground">{ballotName}</span>
+            {ballotName !== name ? (
+              <CampaignNameSubline value={ballotName} srLabel="Nome de legenda" />
             ) : null}
           </div>
         </dd>
diff --git a/src/utilities/people/peopleData.ts b/src/utilities/people/peopleData.ts
index e26eb87f..a401a77b 100644
--- a/src/utilities/people/peopleData.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/people/peopleData.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ export type PeopleRowViewModel = {
 /**
  * C129 — the Name-cell subline of `/campanha/pessoas`: the dobradinha's
  * "nome de legenda" (ballot name), discreet under the real name, when present.
+ * A ballot name identical to the real name is redundant noise — it reads as a
+ * duplicated line, so it is skipped (a mesa registering the full name as urn
+ * name is plausible data entry).
  *
  * C130 extends this with the base fallback — the FINAL shared rule for the
  * second line is `ballotName ?? city` (legenda overrides base), the two plans
@@ -86,8 +89,10 @@ export type PeopleRowViewModel = {
  * here (and its unit spec), never markup. Until C130 lands, this branch keeps
  * the accept "sem nome de legenda, nada muda na linha" — null when absent.
  */
-export const peopleNameSubline = (person: MergedPerson | PeopleRowViewModel): string | null =>
-  person.ballotName
+export const peopleNameSubline = (
+  person: Pick<MergedPerson, 'name' | 'ballotName'>,
+): string | null =>
+  person.ballotName && person.ballotName !== person.name ? person.ballotName : null
 
 /** The merge intermediate carries every field the list/detail row needs. */
 export type MergedPerson = Omit<PeopleRowViewModel, 'assessoradoNames'> & {
diff --git a/src/utilities/people/personDetail.ts b/src/utilities/people/personDetail.ts
index 74ca19a0..aac9f225 100644
--- a/src/utilities/people/personDetail.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/people/personDetail.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export const loadPersonDetail = async (
       depth: 1,
       limit: 0,
       pagination: false,
-      select: { contact: true, slug: true, party: true, advisors: true },
+      select: { contact: true, slug: true, party: true, ballotName: true, advisors: true },
       user,
       overrideAccess: false,
     }),
diff --git a/src/utilities/stateDeputyData.ts b/src/utilities/stateDeputyData.ts
index 13548b8c..697d5810 100644
--- a/src/utilities/stateDeputyData.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/stateDeputyData.ts
@@ -239,13 +239,13 @@ export type StateDeputySummary = {
   name: string
   slug: string
   party: string | null
-  /** C129 — the "nome de legenda" (ballot name), shown discreet under the name. */
-  ballotName: string | null
 }
 
 export type StateDeputyDetailViewModel = StateDeputySummary & {
   email: string | null
   phone: string | null
+  /** C129 — the "nome de legenda" (ballot name), shown discreet under the name. */
+  ballotName: string | null
   /** Every number of the ficha, order = priority (C112) — primary first. */
   phones: string[]
   notes: string | null
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ export const loadStateDeputySummaries = async (
     limit: 0,
     pagination: false,
     sort: 'contact.name',
-    select: { contact: true, slug: true, party: true, ballotName: true },
+    select: { contact: true, slug: true, party: true },
     // Intentional admin bypass: id lookups for the home-search card, no
     // actor-scoping possible or needed (B52 precedent).
     overrideAccess: true,
@@ -359,7 +359,6 @@ export const loadStateDeputySummaries = async (
         name: stateDeputyContactSummary(doc.contact).name,
         slug: doc.slug,
         party: doc.party ?? null,
-        ballotName: doc.ballotName ?? null,
       },
     ]),
   )
diff --git a/tests/int/campaignStateDeputyBallotName.int.spec.ts b/tests/int/campaignStateDeputyBallotName.int.spec.ts
index 016925e8..5544b0dd 100644
--- a/tests/int/campaignStateDeputyBallotName.int.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/int/campaignStateDeputyBallotName.int.spec.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ describe('updateStateDeputyBallotNameRecord (C129)', () => {
     })
 
     expect(updated.ballotName).toBeNull()
+
+    const reloaded = await payload.findByID({
+      collection: 'stateDeputy',
+      id: stateDeputy.id,
+      depth: 0,
+      select: { ballotName: true },
+      overrideAccess: true,
+    })
+    expect(reloaded.ballotName).toBeNull()
   })
 
   it('lets an advisor edit the ballot name of a dobradinha (staff scope, no carteira gate)', async () => {
@@ -68,6 +77,15 @@ describe('updateStateDeputyBallotNameRecord (C129)', () => {
     })
 
     expect(updated.ballotName).toBe('Apelido da Mesa')
+
+    const reloaded = await payload.findByID({
+      collection: 'stateDeputy',
+      id: stateDeputy.id,
+      depth: 0,
+      select: { ballotName: true },
+      overrideAccess: true,
+    })
+    expect(reloaded.ballotName).toBe('Apelido da Mesa')
   })
 
   it('refuses a leader (staff gate)', async () => {
diff --git a/tests/unit/peopleMerge.unit.spec.ts b/tests/unit/peopleMerge.unit.spec.ts
index ca7fd7dc..f3c6b684 100644
--- a/tests/unit/peopleMerge.unit.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/peopleMerge.unit.spec.ts
@@ -341,6 +341,15 @@ describe('peopleNameSubline (C129)', () => {
     const maria = byContact(mergePeopleSources(source), 100)
     expect(peopleNameSubline(maria)).toBeNull()
   })
+
+  it('skips a ballot name identical to the real name (redundant duplicate line)', () => {
+    const withIdenticalBallotName = mergePeopleSources({
+      ...source,
+      deputies: [{ ...source.deputies[0]!, ballotName: 'Ana Lima' }],
+    })
+    const ana = byContact(withIdenticalBallotName, 101)
+    expect(peopleNameSubline(ana)).toBeNull()
+  })
 })
 
 describe('peopleFilterFacetsFromRows', () => {