JEE Main Cutoff 2026 OUT: Check Minimum Qualifying Percentile Score for JEE Advanced

Angana Nath

Updated On: April 20, 2026 08:53 PM

NTA has released the JEE Main 2026 cutoff today along with the results. This cutoff determines eligibility for JEE Advanced 2026. Category-wise cutoffs for General, SC, and ST candidates have been announced. The trends for Session 2 cutoffs are also compared to Session 1.
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JEE Main Cutoff 2026 OUT: The National Testing Agency has released the JEE Main cutoff 2026 after declaring the result today on the official website. As per the official announcement, the JEE Main cutoff 2026 for the general category candidate is 93.4123549; whereas the cutoffs for the SC and ST category candidates are 63.9172792 and 52.0174712. A total of 250182 candidates from all the categories are eligible to participate in the JEE Advanced 2026 exam. Candidates who got the minimum qualifying cutoff marks in the JEE Main exam will be able to participate in the JEE Advanced exam 2026.

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JEE Main Category-Wise Cutoff 2026

Find out the JEE Main category-wise cutoff 2026 here in the following table:

Category of the Candidates

Maximum Cutoff Percentile

Minimum Cutoff Percentile

Number of Candidates Qualified for the Exam

UR-All

100 93.4123549 96873

UR-PwBD

93.3244144 0.0023186 4391

EWS-All

93.4105172 82.4164528 25009

OBC

93.4105172 80.9232583 67597

SC

93.4105172 63.9172792 37522

ST

93.4041748 52.0174712 18790
Total 250182

Category-Wise Distribution of Candidates Appeared in JEE Main 2026 Session 2

The category-wise number of candidates who appeared for the JEE Main Session 2 exam is highlighted in the following table:

Category

Male

Female

Total

General

247165 120719 367885

EWS

9-705 37425 128130

SC

74207 32579 106786

ST

25602 11540 37142

OBC

270484 123904 394388

Total

708163 326167 1034330

Apart from the category-wise cutoff, the candidates will get the toppers' details mentioned in the press note released by NTA today.

JEE Main Cutoff 2026 vs 2025

Using a graphical representation, the comparison between the JEE Main Cutoff 2026 vs 2025 has been done here.

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Number of Candidates Registered and Appeared for JEE Main 2026 vs 2025

The table below shows the differences between the number of candidates registered and appeared for JEE Main 2026 vs 2025:

Particulars

2026

2025

Number of common candidates registered for both sessions

861343 833536

The number of common candidates who appeared for both sessions

800516 775383

Total registered candidates in Session 1

1355293 1311544

The total number of candidates who appeared in Session 1

1304653 1258136

Total registered candidates in Session 2

1110904 1061840

The total number of candidates who appeared in Session 2

1034330 992350

Unique registered candidates for both sessions

1604854 1539848

Unique candidates appeared for both sessions

1538468 1475103

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