Chennai: Results of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) were declared on Thursday, with 11.21 lakh candidates qualifying for admission to undergraduate medical courses across the country.

Admissions to MBBS and other undergraduate medical programmes are conducted on the basis of NEET scores.

The entrance examination for the 2026-27 academic session was originally held on May 3. However, it was cancelled following allegations of a question paper leak. Several persons from Rajasthan were arrested in connection with the investigation.

A re-examination was conducted on June 21 under enhanced security arrangements in 13 languages, including Tamil, English and Hindi. More than 2 million candidates appeared for the test at 5,440 centres across 551 cities. Many students described the re-examination as more difficult than the original test.

According to the results announced on Thursday night, 11.21 lakh candidates qualified in the examination.

Aryan Gupta of Punjab and Bansul Bansal of Haryana secured the All India Rank 1, scoring 715 out of 720 marks each.

A total of 138 candidates scored between 690 and 720 marks. Female candidates accounted for 58% of those who qualified, according to the results.

The score distribution showed that 19 candidates scored 700 marks, 1,492 candidates scored above 650, 10,160 candidates scored above 600, and 90,780 candidates scored above 500.

About 93% of the candidates who appeared for the examination were first-time test takers. The top 17 candidates, all of whom scored more than 705 marks, are from eight states, including Tamil Nadu.