Hitler Mussolini Simeón Flores Wins Peru Mayoral Election

Hitler Mussolini Simeón Flores won the mayoral election in Queropalca, Peru, receiving 229 votes, or about 34.5% of the 663 valid ballots, according to reported results. He ran for Ahora Nación, a centre-left party, and defeated his closest rival, Gaspar Benilde Osorio Zambrano, who received 204 votes. The 25-vote margin gave Flores just over one-third of the valid vote. Queropalca is a district in the Huánuco region, north of Lima. The election was part of regional and municipal voting held across Peru. The reported figures do not cite an independently inspected election record, though the totals and winner are consistent across accounts. Flores, 45, has attracted attention because his first and middle names match those of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, the Nazi German leader and Italian fascist dictator. The reports offer no explanation for how he received those names. His candidate profile lists him as a manager of the Simeon Sac investment group, but does not describe the origin of his name. The name alone does not establish any political allegiance. Ahora Nación describes itself as centre-left, social democratic and nationalist.