New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Thursday announced the NEET UG 2026 results, with 11.21 lakh candidates qualifying for undergraduate medical, dental, AYUSH and allied courses. Punjab's Aryan Gupta and Haryana's Panshul Bansal emerged as joint toppers, scoring 715 out of 720.
According to the NTA, 19 candidates scored above 700 marks, 138 secured more than 690, 1,492 scored 650 or above, 10,160 crossed the 600-mark and 90,780 candidates obtained 500 or more.
The agency said more than 93 per cent of the top 138 performers were appearing for NEET for the first time, with almost all of them aged between 17 and 19 years. Candidates from all 36 states and Union Territories qualified, with Uttar Pradesh recording the highest number of successful candidates at over 1.7 lakh, while Lakshadweep had 43 qualifiers. Seventeen state toppers scored 700 or above, and 26 state toppers secured more than 690.
The NEET UG 2026 re-examination was conducted on June 21 for nearly 20 lakh candidates at 5,440 centres across 551 cities in India and 14 cities overseas. The examination was held in 13 languages, including English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi and Urdu.
Women accounted for more than 58 per cent of the qualified candidates and registered a higher success rate than men. Among the qualified candidates, 2.91 lakh belonged to the General category, 5.12 lakh to OBC-NCL, 1.59 lakh to SC, 63,716 to ST, 95,026 to Gen-EWS, 3,666 to PwBD and 303 to PwD.
The results were declared a day after the publication of the final answer key. Following revisions to two Physics questions, the NTA awarded eight bonus marks to all candidates in line with its evaluation policy.
Candidates can download their scorecards from the official NEET website. Counselling for the 15 per cent All India Quota will be conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee, while state authorities will oversee admissions to the remaining seats. The NTA has urged candidates to rely only on official sources for counselling updates and to beware of fraudulent admission offers or requests for money and personal information.