While the two parties did not win any mayor s seat, 19 candidates of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) won as corporators, while eight Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidates also became corporators. The AAP and AIMIM won three seats each for the post of chairperson of Nagar Palika Parishads in the state. UP Nagar Nikay Chunav 2023: AIMIM, AAP Make Fresh Inroads Into Uttar Pradesh Politics.
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.
Kunwar Basit Ali, head of Uttar Pradesh BJP s minority cell, told PTI on Sunday that the party fielded a total of 395 Muslim candidates in the urban local body elections and 40-45 of them emerged victorious.