NTA JEE Mains result 2026 LIVE Updates: JEE Mains scorecards OUT! Check results at jeemain.nta.nic.in

Based on previous year trends, many study portals have estimated that the cut off this year could be 93.3 percentile for the general (UR) category, 81.4 for the EWS category, 61.3 percentile for SC, 48.2 percentile for ST and 80.74 percentile for the OBC-NCL category.
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For the examination conducted on 21, 22, 23, 24 and 28 January, out of the 13,55,293 candidates registered, 13,04,653 appeared, resulting in 96.26%.

Candidates will be able to access their scorecards by logging in using their application number and date of birth.

NTA has released the toppers along with JEE Mains. Here is the list of toppers –

Shreyas Mishra

Narendrababu Gari Mahith

Shubham Kumar

Kabeer Chhillar

Chiranjib Kar

Bhavesh Patra

Anay Jain

Arnav Gautam

Pasala Mohith

Madhav Viradiya

Purohit Nimay

Vivan Sharad Mahiswari

12 candidates score perfect 100 in 1st edition of engineering entrance JEE-Mains, maximum from Rajasthan, according to National Testing Agency.

Ashi Grewal from Haryana topped in the female with a percentile of 99.9969766.

Arsh Jain from Madhya Pradesh scored the top rank in the PwBD category with a percentile of 99.9100843.

Currently, the NTA is is working for some students while for some the scores remain inaccessible due to a glitch in the website. In case, the website is not working for you, wait for a few minutes and try to reload it a couple of times.

Daksh Sehra from Rajasthan topped in the ST category with a percentile of 99.9938620.

Deva Srivedh from Andhra Pradesh scored the top spot in the SC category with a percentile of 99.9992271.

Narendrababu Gari Mahith from Andhra Pradesh secured first rank in the OBC NCL category with a percentile of 100.

Shreshth Jasoria from Rajasthan scored the top spot in the General EWS category with a percentile of 99.9992442.

For the examination conducted on 21, 22, 23, 24 and 28 January, out of the 13,55,293 candidates registered, 13,04,653 appeared, resulting in 96.26%.

Candidates who took the exam from January 21 to 29 will be able to access and download the JEE Main result at the official websites: jeemain.nta.nic.in and nta.ac.in.

12 candidates score perfect 100 in 1st edition of engineering entrance JEE-Mains, maximum from Rajasthan, according to National Testing Agency.

NTA has released the toppers along with JEE Mains. Here is the list of toppers as reported by HT –

Shreyas Mishra

Narendrababu Gari Mahith

Shubham Kumar

Kabeer Chhillar

Chiranjib Kar

Bhavesh Patra

Anay Jain

Arnav Gautam

Pasala Mohith

Madhav Viradiya

Purohit Nimay

Vivan Sharad Mahiswari

Currently, the result link provided by the NTA says, “The service is unavailable.”

12 candidates score perfect 100 in 1st edition of engineering entrance JEE-Mains, maximum from Rajasthan, according to National Testing Agency.

Haryana's Ashi Grewal secured the top spot among women candidates with a score of 99.9969766.

Check direct link to view the JEE Main results here.

NTA releases JEE Mains results.

JEE Mains is a national-level examination whose scores are used for admission to undergraduate engineering (BE/BTech), architecture (BArch), and planning (BPlanning) programmes at participating government and private institutions across the country.

The final answer key PDF is available at jeemain.nta.nic.in. It has been finalised after carefully checking the submitted student concerns against the provisional key. The JEE Main Session 1 Result 2026 will be determined based on this revised final answer key.

The NTA will reportedly not accept any additional objections or challenges once the final answer key has been released. The raw marks obtained by candidates are converted into a normalised NTA Percentile Score to maintain fairness across different exam shifts with varying difficulty levels.

Once declared, candidates will be able to access their scorecards by logging in using their application number and date of birth.

Each correct match is awarded +4 marks, while every incorrect answer leads to a deduction of 1 mark. If a question is marked as “Drop” in the final answer key, all candidates who appeared in that particular shift will be granted full marks (+4) for that question, in accordance with NTA policy. For Numerical Value Questions in Section B, marks are given only for correct answers, and a penalty of -1 mark is applied for every incorrect response.

Candidates can download their scorecard by following these steps:

Visit jeemain.nta.ac.in or ntaresults.nic.in

Click on the “JEE Main 2026 result” link on the homepage

Enter the application number and date of birth

Click on “Submit”

View the scorecard on the screen

Download the PDF version

Take at least two or three printouts for future use.

JEE Mains 2026 result is not out yet. The scores are expected to be released soon.

Check direct link to view the JEE Main results here.

In case a question is marked as “Drop” in the final answer key, all candidates who appeared in that particular shift will be granted full marks (+4) for that question, as per NTA policy.

Several questions across different shifts have been marked as “Drop” in the final answer key. On 21 January 2026 – Shift 2, Question ID 860654995 from Mathematics and Question IDs 8606541010 and 8606541017 from Physics were dropped. On 22 January 2026 – Shift 1, Physics Question ID 444792191 was marked as Drop.

Meanwhile, on 23 January 2026 – Shift 1, Physics Question ID 8606541395 was dropped, and during 23 January 2026 – Shift 2, Physics Question IDs 444792476 and 444792479 were also dropped. On 24 January 2026 – Shift 2, Physics Question ID 444792647 was marked as Drop. Finally, on 28 January 2026 – Shift 1, Mathematics Question ID 444792698 was also dropped.

The provisional answer keys of paper 1 (B.E. /B. Tech), along with the question papers with recorded responses, were released on the website on February 4. The window to raise objections and challenge the answer key remained open till February 6.

The JEE Main 2026 session 1 exam was held in computer-based mode from January 21 to January 29. The three-hour exam was held in two shifts each day — the morning shift began at 9:00 am, while the afternoon shift commenced at 3:00 pm.

Earlier, NTA had postponed the JEE Main session 1. Initially scheduled for 12 February, the scorecards will be released four days later, on 16 February.

Students should check the following details in the scorecard -

Candidate's full name

Application Number and Roll Number

Total NTA JEE Scores (Percentile)

Parent’s/Guardian’s Information

State of Eligibility

Nationality

Category (General/Reserved)

Disability status (if applicable)

All India Rank (AIR): The candidate’s national standing among all test takers.

Here is the direct link to view the JEE Main results once they are released. Click here.

Here is the direct link to view the final answer key for the JEE Main results. Click here.

JEE Mains is a national-level examination whose scores are used for admission to undergraduate engineering (BE/BTech), architecture (BArch), and planning (BPlanning) programmes at participating government and private institutions across the country.

Students have been advised to rely only on these portals for authentic information, particularly because heavy traffic on result day often creates confusion and space for misinformation.

The JEE Main 2026 result will be published on the official NTA websites:

ntaresults.nic.in

jeemain.nta.nic.in

NTA has not officially announced a fixed release time for the results. Based on previous years’ trends, candidates should be prepared for the scorecard to appear:

-Later in the day at around 5 pm

-In many cases, in the evening or late night

-Sometimes earlier in the day without prior notice

Students are advised to check the official websites regularly throughout Monday, February 16.

This year, the JEE papers were reportedly moderately difficult than last year's.

Candidates will require JEE Main 2026 scores for admission to undergraduate programmes, including BE/BTech, BArch, and BPlanning, at participating government and private institutions across India.

AIR for JEE Mains 2026 will be determined on the basis of both exam rounds. The exam was held in two rounds this year: January and April.

In case, a candidate's name appears in both sessions of JEE Main 2026, the best score from the two will be used to prepare the final merit list and All India Ranks (AIR).

NTA uses the final answer key and +4/-1 marking scheme to calculate each candidate’s scores. Candidates will be awarded 4 marks for every correct answer, and one mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.

The final NTA score will include scores for each of the three subjects, including Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry, as well as the total in the Paper 1 exam.

The scores will be calculated to correspond to the raw (actual) marks obtained by a candidate. If a question is dropped, NTA has assured all candidates that they will be awarded full marks for it.