The BJP met its expectations, and those of others, with a thumping win in the Panvel Municipal Corporation. Bhiwandi-Nizampur was a different matter, however, where the Congress emerged as the single largest party. While the BJP won Panvel, where civic polls were held for the first time, with 51 seats, Congress staked claim in Bhiwandi-Nizampur with 47, followed by BJP (19) and the Shiv Sena (12).