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    How Many Students Appeared in Re NEET 2026 Exam? Male & Female Total Candidates

    How Many Students Appeared in Re NEET 2026 Exam? Male & Female Total Candidates

    Sonia VatsUpdated on 25 Jun 2026, 08:05 PM IST

    The Re NEET 2026 exam was conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) in pen-and-paper mode on June 21, 2026, across various exam centres in India. Candidates are especially curious to know the total number of students appeared in Re NEET 2026 exam. As per the NTA, around 20 lakh students appeared for the Re NEET 2026 exam. The detailed NEET 2026 student data, including the total number of candidates who appeared, gender-wise distribution, and category-wise statistics, will be released by the NTA through an official notice.

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    1. How Many Students Appeared in Re NEET 2026?
    2. Re NEET 2026 Attendance: Gender Wise
    3. Category Wise Re NEET 2026 Appeared Candidates
    4. NEET 2026 Total Appeared Candidates: Year-wise
    5. Impact of Re NEET 2026 Total Students on Cutoff Marks
    How Many Students Appeared in Re NEET 2026 Exam? Male & Female Total Candidates
    How Many Students Appeared in Re NEET 2026 Exam? Male & Female Total Candidates

    In the meantime, students can refer to previous candidate trends to get a rough idea of participation levels in the Re NEET 2026. Every year, NEET remains one of the largest medical entrance examinations in the country, attracting lakhs of aspirants who aim for MBBS, BDS, and other medical courses. Candidates can check the NEET 2026 total students appeared, registration & year wise data from the article below.

    How Many Students Appeared in Re NEET 2026?

    The NTA releases the exact number of candidates who appeared in the NEET 2026 exam through an official notice. The updated number of students who appeared in the NEET re-exam 2026 will be provided in the table below once released.

    Re NEET 2026 Total Appeared Candidates

    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

    Approx 20 lakh

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    Re NEET 2026 Attendance: Gender Wise

    The table below shows the gender-wise distribution of candidates. Once the official data is released by NTA, it will be updated here.

    How Many Students Appeared in Re NEET 2026: Gender Wise

    Gender

    Re NEET 2026 appeared number

    NEET 2025 appeared number

    Male

    To be available

    9,37,411

    Female

    To be available

    12,71,896

    Third gender

    To be available

    11

    Category Wise Re NEET 2026 Appeared Candidates

    NTA will also release category-wise data after the NEET results. The details will be updated below once officially available.

    Re NEET 2026 Attendance: Category Wise

    Category

    Re NEET 2026 appeared number

    NEET 2025 appeared number

    OBC

    To be available

    9,25,739

    SC

    To be available

    3,22,538

    ST

    To be available

    1,43,602

    General

    To be available

    6,65,853

    EWS

    To be available

    1,51,586

    NEET 2026 Total Appeared Candidates: Year-wise

    Candidates can check the year-wise number of students who appeared in NEET UG exams below.

    How Many Students Appeared in Re NEET Year Wise?

    2026 (Re exam)

    To be released

    2026

    22,05,035

    2025

    22,09,318

    2024

    23,33,162

    2023

    20,38,595

    2022

    17,64,571

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    Impact of Re NEET 2026 Total Students on Cutoff Marks

    The Re NEET 2026 total students' data plays a major role in deciding the cutoff marks and rank. When the number of candidates increases, the competition level in NEET 2026 re-exam becomes higher, which usually results in a higher cutoff for MBBS and BDS admissions.

    If the Re NEET 2026 attendance count is high, students need better scores to secure a good All India Rank (AIR) in NEET counselling. However, if fewer students appear, the NEET cutoff prediction may show a slight drop, improving admission chances. Along with exam difficulty and seat availability, the number of candidates appearing in Re NEET 2026 is a key factor that shapes the overall cutoff and rank analysis.

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