Khanam's achievement occurred a month after her husband, Mamoon Shah, a former Congress leader, got married to her within two days of discovering that the seat he was intending to contest in Rampur was reserved for women
Sana Khanam's husband Mamoon Shah was eyeing a Congress ticket but the seat was reserved for women. He got married, they joined AAP the next day, and the wife got a ticket.
Sana, who won 43,121 votes, defeated BJP candidate Mashrat Mujib (32,173 votes) and SP’s Fatma Jabin (16,273 votes) to become the new chairperson of Rampur Nagar Palika Parishad.