The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the Re NEET 2026 exam on June 21 for over 22 lakh candidates. The category-wise and gender-wise number of candidates who appear for Re NEET 2026 will be released by the authority along with the declaration of the results. Earlier, NTA conducted the NEET 2026 exam on May 3, 2026, in which a total of 22,05,035 candidates appeared.
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As per the NTA’s official information, a total of 22,79,743 students registered for NEET 2026. With the announcement of the NEET result, the NTA releases the statistics mentioning the number of candidates registered, appeared and qualified for the examination. Read the full article to know how many candidates appeared in NEET 2026, total number of registered candidates and more.
The exact number of candidates appeared for NEET 2026 exam will be released. As per some media reports, a total of 22.79 lakh candidates have appeared in NEET 2026 exam. Candidates can check the total students appeared in NEET 2026 from the table below,
Particulars | Number of students |
Total candidates registered for NEET 2026 | 22,79,743 |
Total students appeared in NEET 2026 | 22,05,035 |
Total students appeared in Re NEET 2026 | To be announced |
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The gender-wise exact number of total students appeared for NEET 2026 will be released by the NTA after the declaration of result. Meanwhile, the previous-years statistics of NEET 2026 total candidates appeared gender-wise can be checked from the table below.
Gender | NEET 2026 appeared number | NEET 2025 appeared number | NEET 2026 appeared number |
Male | To be available | 9,37,411 | To be announced |
Female | To be available | 12,71,896 | To be announced |
Third gender | To be available | 11 | To be announced |
Category-wise total students appeared in NEET 2026 will be updated below. Meanwhile, candidates can check previous year’s NEET students appeared from the table below.
Category | NEET 2026 appeared number | NEET 2025 appeared number | NEET 2026 appeared number |
OBC | To be available | 9,25,739 | To be announced |
SC | To be available | 3,22,538 | To be announced |
ST | To be available | 1,43,602 | To be announced |
General | To be available | 6,65,853 | To be announced |
EWS | To be available | 1,51,586 | To be announced |
As stated above, the nationality-wise NEET 2026 total students appeared is released after the announcement of the result. Meanwhile, candidates can check previous year’s nationality-wise NEET total students appeared from the table below.
Nationality | NEET 2026 appeared number | NEET 2025 appeared number |
Indian | To be available | 22,06,968 |
Foreign Nationals | To be available | 870 |
NRI | To be available | 694 |
OCI | To be available | 786 |
Candidates can check year-wise data on total candidates appeared in NEET UG exam from the table below.
Year | Total students appeared in NEET |
2026 | 22,05,035 |
2025 | 22,09,318 |
2024 | 23,33,162 |
2023 | 20,38,595 |
2022 | 17,64,571 |
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Yes, an OBC candidate scoring 471 in NEET has a strong chance of securing admission to government B.Sc. Nursing colleges. Typically, competitive cut-offs for reserved categories in these colleges range between 440 and 500 marks.
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Getting a seat in AIIMS Mangalagiri as an OC (General) candidate with 568 marks is highly unlikely. Historically and based on current 2026 trends, the closing score for the OC category at this institution is roughly 600 marks, with closing ranks falling between 700 and 1,357.
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For NEET 2026, the EWS (Economically Weaker Section) and General categories share the same qualifying percentile, but cut-offs differ significantly between the All India Quota and the Haryana state quota for securing an MBBS seat.
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