NEET-UG 2026 retest results 1.121 million qualified top 715

The National Testing Agency announced the results of the NEET-UG 2026 medical entrance examination late on Thursday, July 16, declaring 11.21 lakh candidates as qualified. The top rank was jointly secured by Aryan Gupta from Punjab and Panshul Bansal from Haryana, each scoring 715 out of a maximum of 720 marks.

The results follow a re-examination held on June 21, which was necessitated after the initial test conducted on May 9 was cancelled on May 12 amid allegations of a paper leak. The Central Bureau of Investigation is investigating the matter. Officials stated that despite the cancellation and re-test, the results were declared on schedule to ensure the national medical admission and counselling calendar remains on track. This was achieved by re-engineering internal processes to run stages in parallel rather than in sequence.

The final answer keys for the re-exam were also released on Thursday, confirming that one question was dropped from each question paper set after reviewing candidate objections. For that dropped question, all candidates will be awarded four marks. Another question was found to have two correct responses, and candidates who marked either will receive...