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When was the NEET 2026 result declared?
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NTA declared the NEET-UG 2026 result, called Re-NEET UG 2026, on 16 July 2026. It followed the re-examination held on 21 June 2026, because the original exam of 3 May was cancelled. Of 22,79,743 registered candidates, 19,99,895 appeared and 11,21,176 qualified. The top score was 715 out of 720.
The numbers
| Year | Registered | Appeared | Qualified | Result date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 (revised) | 24,06,079 | 23,33,297 | 13,15,853 | June 2024, later revised |
| 2025 | 22,76,069 | 22,09,318 | 12,36,531 | 14 June 2025 |
| 2026 (re-exam) | 22,79,743 | 19,99,895 | 11,21,176 | 16 July 2026 |
These are as reported by Allen and Careers360 from NTA's press notes. About 2.8 lakh registered candidates did not appear in the 2026 re-exam.
Top of the list
All India Rank 1 was shared by two candidates, each with 715 out of 720. For Tamil Nadu, Venkatapathi Velayutham V A secured All India Rank 12 with a percentile of 99.99915, and 12 Tamil Nadu students scored above 690, according to DT Next and Careers360.
Qualifying scores
| Category | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| General and EWS (50th percentile) | 686 to 144 | 715 to 213 |
| OBC, SC and ST (40th percentile) | 143 to 113 | 212 to 177 |
Each range is the score band NTA lists for that category, and its lower figure is the qualifying score. For General and EWS it rose from 144 to 213. For what the percentile means, read what the qualifying percentile in NEET is.
What the result is not
The qualifying cut-off only makes you eligible for counselling. Seats in government medical colleges close at higher scores, and none of the figures above tell you what your target should be. After the result, the next stages are counselling by MCC and by your state (what happens after the NEET result).
Check the right result
Only the result of the 21 June re-exam counts for 2026. NTA also issued a notice on 20 July 2026 warning of fake, altered or AI-generated NEET 2026 documents, so download your scorecard only from the official site. The full background is in why NEET 2026 was re-conducted. How NTA declares results and what a scorecard shows are on the NEET result page.
Official source
Results and scorecards: neet.nta.nic.in and nta.ac.in. The candidate figures above are from secondary reports of NTA's press note, so confirm them on the NTA site.
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- Why NEET 2026 was re-heldNEET-UG 2026 was cancelled after a paper leak. NTA held a re-exam on 21 June 2026 and declared the result on 16 July. Dates, rules and what changed.
- NEET qualifying percentileNEET-UG qualifies the 50th percentile for General and EWS, the 40th for SC, ST and OBC, the 45th for General-PwBD. See what that meant in marks in 2024 to 2026.
- After the NEET resultAfter the NEET-UG result you check you qualified, register for MCC and state counselling, fill choices, get an allotment and report. The steps in order.
- NEET resultHow NTA declares the NEET-UG result: scorecard contents, percentile and AIR, the 16 July 2026 Re-NEET numbers, tie-breaks and the counselling steps after.
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