NEET-UG 2026 exam results declared; Punjab’s Aryan Gupta and Haryana’s Panshul Bansal top the re-examination with 715 marks, the NTA said

The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Thursday (July 16, 2026) announced the result of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2026 re-examination held on July 16, with 11.21 lakh candidates qualifying for medical admissions.

Eligible candidates can access and download their respective results from the official website at neet.nta.nic.in. The NTA also published the lists of All India Rank holders, state toppers, category-wise toppers, qualifying cut-offs and language-wise participation.

Aryan Gupta from Punjab and Panshul Bansal from Haryana have topped the NEET UG exam

Among those who qualified, women account for more than 58 per cent of the successful candidates. NTA data also shows that female candidates performed slightly better overall, with 56.8 per cent of women who took the exam qualifying, compared with 55.1 per cent of male candidates.

Candidates who appeared for the May 3 examination can submit their bank account details through the facility made available by the NTA to receive the examination fee refund. So far, 11.46 lakh candidates have completed the process by providing their bank account information. For more information, students can visit the IE Education Portal.

While 1,492 candidates scored at least 650 marks, more than 10,000 crossed the 600-mark threshold. Nearly 91,000 candidates secured 500 marks or more.

NTA NEET Result UG 2026 Live Updates: Category-wise list

Category-wise qualified candidates:

• 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

Category-wise cut-off marks and percentiles are being published simultaneously.

Among the highest scorers, 138 candidates secured more than 690 marks out of 720. Most of them (over 93 per cent) were first-time NEET aspirants, while nearly all (99 per cent) were between 17 and 19 years old.