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.
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.
The counting of votes for the urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh began on Saturday morning. In the initial trends, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is ahead in 14 corporations in UP including Varanasi, Ayodhya and Lucknow municipal corporations
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.