Overview
- The national electoral office (ONPE) published a full count showing Hitler Mussolini Simeón Flores with 229 votes, or 34.54% of 663 valid ballots, giving him a 25‑vote lead in Queropalca’s Oct. 4 municipal contest.
- Queropalca recorded 707 ballots cast in total, so small shifts or challenges could matter because the margin between the top three slates was narrow in a district of about 700–800 residents.
- Flores ran for the center‑left party Ahora Nación, is 45 and lists his occupation as manager of Grupo de Inversiones Simeon SAC, and he resigned from Fuerza Popular in 2025 according to his electoral declaration.
- The candidate’s given names — matching Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini — drove widespread national and international attention, a reaction reporters say does not prove any ideological link to those historical figures.
- Peru has precedent for controversial names in office and civil registries show thousands registered with the name 'Hitler', but the ONPE tally must be validated by the Jurado Electoral Especial or JNE before Flores is formally proclaimed and takes office.