JEE Main 2026 Students Appeared for Session 2: National Testing Agency has successfully conducted JEE Main 2026 exam and declared results on April 20, 2026.
For session 2 exam was conducted from 02nd to 8th April 2026 at 584 exam centres in 319 cities in India and 15 outside the country.
Complete exam statistics and names of toppers as well as the cut off has been released on official website at jeemain.nta.nic.in.
Information regarding the JEE Main 2026 January & April session examination, including the number of candidates who registered and appeared, category-wise and gender-wise data, and the number of shifts/ days the exam was conducted, have been released.
Keep reading the article and get complete details regarding the JEE Main 2026 session examination and candidates’ registration & appeared data.
How Many Students Appeared for JEE Main 2026?
Check out the JEE Main 2026 complete statistics below of candidates registered and appeared for Session 1 & Session 2:
For Paper 1 (B.E/ B.Tech):
| Session Wise Type of Candidates | Registered Candidates | Appeared Candidates |
| Number of Common students in both session 1 & 2 | 8,61,343 | 8,00,516 |
| Number of students in January session | 13,55,293 | 13,04,653 |
| Number of students in April Session | 11,10,904 | 10,34,330 |
| Total unique candidates in both sessions | 16,04,854 | 15,38,468 |
For Paper 2 (B.Arch/ B.Plan):
| Session Wise Type of Candidates | Registered Candidates | Appeared Candidates |
| Number of students | to be announced | to be announced |
Gender/Category-wise distribution
Below is the JEE Main 2026 session 2 gender/category-wise distribution of candidates registered in Paper 1 (B.E/ B. Tech): –
| Category | General | EWS | SC | ST | OBC | Total |
| Male | 3,65,637 | 1,23,707 | 1,09,708 | 37,116 | 4,11,893 | 10,48,061 |
| Female | 1,98,820 | 59,992 | 56,204 | 18,747 | 2,23,030 | 5,56,793 |
| Total | 5,64,457 | 1,83,699 | 1,65,912 | 55,863 | 6,34,923 | 16,04,854 |
Gender/Category-wise distribution of candidates Appeared in Paper 1 (B.E/ B. Tech):-
| Category | General | EWS | SC | ST | OBC | Total |
| Female | 1,88,478 | 58,897 | 52,701 | 17,365 | 2,14,152 | 5,31,593 |
| Male | 3,49,761 | 1,21,189 | 1,03,337 | 34,787 | 3,97,801 | 10,06,875 |
| Total | 5,38,239 | 1,80,086 | 1,56,038 | 52,152 | 6,11,953 | 15,38,468 |
Given below are the details of PwBD Candidates Registered/ Appeared in Paper 1 (B.E/ B. Tech):-
| Category | PwBD (Registered) | PwBD (Appeared) |
| Male | 3,802 | 3,645 |
| Female | 1,192 | 1,155 |
| Total | 4,994 | 4,800 |
JEE Main Previous Year Data
Check out the JEE Mains last 3 years candidates dates below in the table:
| Paper | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Paper 1 (B.E. / B.Tech. | Registered – 860064 Appeared – 823967 %age – 95.8% | Registered – 1221615 Appeared – 1170036 %age – 95.8% | Registered – 13,11,544 Appeared – 12,58,136 %age – 95.93% |
| Paper 2 (B.Arch. / B.Planning) | Registered – 96279 Appeared – 67250 %age – 69.8% | Registered – 74002 Appeared – 55493 %age – 75.0% | Registered – 1,32,408 Appeared – 63,481 %age – 48% |
The JEE Main 2026 session 2, both papers 1 and 2, and the entire examinations for all shifts were conducted smoothly and successfully, says the official. Also, the NTA has released the JEE Main toppers list & final answer key.
Also Check: JEE Main College Predictor 2026
Candidates whose responses are approved by the experts are added to the final answer key. The JEE Main result, along with the final answer key, is available in the PDF format online.
For students who have appeared for both Session 1 & 2, the best of NTA scores of both sessions will be considered for final merit list and rank calculation.
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