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Peronists Win Marcos Juárez After 53 Years

The result deals a symbolic blow to Córdoba’s Cambiemos tradition.

Overview

  • Germán Font captured the mayoralty with about 46% of the vote, finishing more than 25 points ahead of Pedro Dellarossa in the municipal election held on Sunday.
  • Voter turnout was lower than the previous municipal cycle at roughly 62.5–63% of the registry, according to the local electoral board.
  • Font prevailed on a unified Peronist local list that also won council seats, including Jorge Brunori, giving the new mayor-elect an immediate governing bloc in the deliberative body.
  • The opposition ran fragmented slates after failed negotiations among PRO, the UCR and libertarian actors and after the provincial PRO withheld its party seal from Dellarossa, a split that observers say weakened the anti‑Peronist vote.
  • Provincial leaders publicly congratulated Font, a transition to the municipal government is underway with no reported legal challenges, and the outcome is being read as a politically symbolic upset with likely effects on Córdoba’s partisan map.