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New Delhi: A full of 26 candidates secured a cleanable 100 NTA people successful JEE (Main) 2026, adjacent arsenic 2,50,182 candidates qualified for JEE (Advanced), the gateway to the IITs. The fig of cleanable scorers has risen from 24 past year, underlining intensifying contention astatine the apical end.
Among the 26 cleanable scorers, 1 campaigner belongs to the general-EWS class and 1 to OBC-NCL.Among the 26 toppers, determination is nary pistillate campaigner with a 100 percentile this year. Telangana’s Mallavarapu Aasna emerged arsenic the highest-scoring pistillate campaigner with a near-perfect 99.998 percentile. The lack of a pistillate 100-percentiler marks a displacement from 2025, erstwhile astatine slightest 1 miss featured among the apical scorers.State-wise, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana dominated the cleanable scorers database with 5 candidates each. Rajasthan followed with four, portion Delhi accounted for three. Maharashtra and Haryana had 2 each, and 1 each came from Chandigarh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Gujarat, reflecting a continued attraction of apical ranks successful a fistful of states.No campaigner from SC oregon ST categories featured among the 100 percentile scorers, continuing a signifier seen successful erstwhile years.
In comparison, JEE Main 2025 had 24 candidates with a 100 NTA score, including 10 from the April league alone. Rajasthan had led the tally with 7 toppers, followed by Maharashtra, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. Notably, 2025 had astatine slightest 1 pistillate topper among the cleanable scorers, indicating a flimsy displacement successful sex practice this year. JEE (Advanced) remains 1 of the toughest entranceway examinations globally, serving arsenic the sole gateway to the Indian Institutes of Technology.
Only the top-performing candidates successful JEE (Main), based connected category-wise cut-offs, are eligible to look for it. The exam yet filters candidates for astir 17,000 IIT seats, making the enactment ratio highly competitive.This year, 96,873 candidates from the wide class qualified for JEE (Advanced), followed by 67,597 OBC candidates, 37,522 SC, 25,009 EWS and 18,790 ST candidates, taking the full to 2,50,182 .Overall, 16,04,854 unsocial candidates registered for JEE (Main) 2026 crossed some sessions, of whom 15,38,468 appeared. In the April league alone, 11,10,904 candidates registered and 10,34,330 appeared, reflecting a precocious attendance complaint of implicit 93% The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main is India’s largest engineering entranceway trial and serves arsenic the gateway to undergraduate programmes successful institutions specified arsenic the National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and different centrally funded method institutions.
Conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), the exam is held successful 2 sessions each twelvemonth successful a computer-based format, with candidates allowed to look successful 1 oregon some sessions and their champion people considered for ranking.
Scores are reported arsenic NTA percentiles, which normalise show crossed aggregate shifts.Key highlightsPerfect scorers26 candidates scored 100 NTA percentileUp from 24 successful 2025Topper organisation (100 percentile)Andhra Pradesh: 5Telangana: 5Rajasthan: 4Delhi: 3Maharashtra: 2Haryana: 2Others (1 each): Chandigarh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, GujaratCategory snapshot (100 percentile)General-EWS: 1OBC-NCL: 1Qualified for JEE (Advanced): 2,50,182General: 96,873OBC: 67,597SC: 37,522EWS: 25,009ST: 18,790Participation (both sessions combined)Registered: 16,04,854Appeared: 15,38,468Repeat performersPasala Mohith from Andhra Pradesh and Shubham Kumar from Bihar the 2 candidates who scored 100 percentile successful some the sessions (January and April).
