NEET UG 2026 results declared; 11.21 lakh out of nearly 30 lakh candidates qualify

According to the NTA, 138 candidates, from across the country, including two from J&K scored 690 marks or more.

STC NEWS MONITORING DESK
SRINAGAR, JULY 17 (STC): The result of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2026 re-examination on July 16, announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) has listed 11.21 lakh candidates qualifying for admission to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and allied undergraduate programmes.
According to the NTA, 138 candidates from across the country scored 690 marks or more in this year’s NEET-UG examination.
Notably, two candidates from Jammu and Kashmir have figured among the top 138 candidates in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2026.
The NTA’s list of candidates who scored 690 marks or above shows that Hadiya Nisar secured All India Rank (AIR) 99 with a percentile of 99.9930996.
Zaidan Wani secured AIR 124 with the same percentile, the list said.
According to the NTA, 138 candidates scored 690 marks or above out of 720, while 19 candidates secured more than 700 marks. The highest score of 715 marks was jointly achieved by Aryan Gupta of Punjab and Panshul Bansal of Haryana. More than 58 per cent of the qualified candidates are women, the official data showed.
Nearly 20 lakh candidates had appeared for the examination, which was conducted on June 21 across 5,440 centres in 551 cities in India and 14 cities abroad. The entrance test was held in 13 languages.
According to the NTA, more than 58 per cent of the qualified candidates are women. Women also recorded a higher qualification rate than men, with 56.8 per cent of female candidates who appeared clearing the exam compared to 55.1 per cent among male candidates.
This year, 138 candidates scored above 690 marks out of 720. More than 93 per cent of these top scorers were appearing for NEET for the first time, while 99 per cent were between 17 and 19 years of age.
The highest score of 715 out of 720 was jointly secured by Aryan Gupta from Punjab and Panshul Bansal from Haryana.
A total of 19 candidates scored above 700 marks, while 1,492 candidates scored 650 and above. Over 10,160 candidates scored at least 600 marks and 90,780 candidates secured 500 marks or more.
The NTA said it completed the result process through a re-engineered evaluation timeline that allowed multiple stages to run in parallel. The provisional answer key was released on June 25, followed by the answer key challenge window from June 25 to 28. Candidates were able to view their scanned OMR sheets and recorded responses between July 13 and 15, before the final answer key and results were announced on July 16.
The agency reiterated that its role is limited to conducting the examination, declaring results based on eligibility criteria prescribed by the National Medical Commission (NMC), and issuing All India Ranks. The counselling process for the 15 per cent All India Quota seats in MBBS and BDS will be conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), while respective state authorities will handle state quota admissions.
The NTA also cautioned candidates against fraudulent calls, messages or websites promising admissions, seat blocking or score improvements, advising them to rely only on official counselling portals.

Category-wise Qualified Candidates
The category-wise number of qualified candidates is as follows:
General: 2.91 lakh
OBC-NCL: 5.12 lakh
SC: 1.59 lakh
ST: 63,716
Gen-EWS: 95,026
PwBD: 3,666
PwD: 303
(Straight Talk Communications)