NEET UG 2026 results: 11.21 lakh qualifiers, women over 58%, top rankers Aryan Gupta & Panshul Bansal
The National Testing Agency (NTA) announced the NEET‑UG 2026 results in mid‑July. A total of 11.21 lakh candidates qualified for undergraduate medical, dental, AYUSH and allied courses, with women accounting for more than 58 % of the successful entrants – a higher success rate than for men. Joint toppers were Aryan Gupta of Punjab and Panshul Bansal of Haryana, each scoring 715 out of 720. Nineteen candidates breached the 700‑mark mark, 138 scored above 690, and 1,492 earned 650 + marks.
Candidates appeared at 5,440 centres in 551 Indian cities and 14 overseas locations, in 13 languages, after the original May exam was cancelled because of a paper‑leak allegation. Approximately 20 lakh aspirants sat the re‑exam on 21 June. Qualifiers came from every state and union territory; Uttar Pradesh produced the largest number (over 1.7 lakh), while Lakshadweep had 43. State toppers included Hadiya Nisar (Jammu & Kashmir, AIR 99), Aryaman Solanki (Madhya Pradesh, AIR 46) and Viryah Giri Sahiv (Telangana, AIR 13).
In parallel, the government announced a major expansion of medical‑education capacity. The total number of MBBS seats nationwide has now crossed 1.3 lakh, and Tamil Nadu added 150 new seats, raising its state‑government college allotment to 5,200. The seat increase is intended to improve doctor‑to‑population ratios and strengthen healthcare infrastructure across the country.