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.
Apna Dal's Shafeek Ahmad Ansari won the Suar seat defeating BJP's arch-rival Samajwadi Party's Anuradha Chauhan by a margin of nearly 9,000 votes, while Apna Dal's Rinki Kol defeated SP's Kirti Kol in Chhanbey by a margin of over 9,000 votes.
Suar had fallen vacant after SP leader Azam Khan’s son Abdullah Azam Khan was disqualified for the second time from the same seat in February; while SC-reserved Chhanbey seat fell vacant following death of Apna Dal (S) MLA Rahul Prakash Kol.
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.
If the Akhilesh Yadav-led party loses Suar, one of the two seats at stake, it will be yet another example of Azam Khan’s declining hold over Rampur. The other bypoll will be held in Chhanbey in Mirzapur district.