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Overview
- Hitler Mussolini Simeón Flores won the Queropalca mayoralty with 229 of 663 valid votes, beating his nearest rival by 25 votes in the municipal election held on Sunday, October 4.
- He ran for the center-left party Ahora Nación after leaving the Fujimorist Fuerza Popular in 2025 and is listed as a 45-year-old manager at the investment and transport firm Simeon SAC.
- Major Peruvian outlets and the national electoral body report no documentation that the mayor-elect espouses Nazi or fascist ideology despite his name referencing Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
- Queropalca’s tiny electorate — roughly 730 residents and 663 valid ballots in this race — helps explain why small vote swings decide outcomes and why unusual candidate names draw outsized attention.
- Flores will assume office on January 1, 2027, and the result is likely to shift local focus to municipal issues such as health and transport while drawing wider scrutiny of how names and local politics interact in remote districts.