NEET UG 2026: MBBS seats secured up to a rank of 11.90 lakh; seats remain vacant even after the stray vacancy round..

NEET UG 2026 Stray Vacancy Round Result: The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released the provisional allotment result for the ‘Stray Vacancy Round’ of the NEET UG 2026 counselling. Candidates who participated in this round can now check their allotment status on the official website, mcc.nic.in.
The provisional result was published on the morning of October 20, 2026, and is available as a downloadable PDF on the MCC portal. Candidates who have been allotted seats in this round should note that the result is provisional. The final allotment list will be released soon, following which the reporting process to the respective colleges will commence.

How to check the provisional allotment result?
Visit the official MCC website, mcc.nic.in.
Click on the link for the provisional Stray Vacancy allotment.
The allotment result PDF will appear on the screen.
Download the PDF and keep a copy for future reference.

Seats remain vacant even after the Stray Vacancy Round
The Stray Vacancy Round was conducted for 4,068 vacant seats across MBBS, BDS, and B.Sc. Nursing courses. Out of these, only 3,108 seats have been allotted. According to reports, more than 800 seats remain vacant even after the conclusion of the Stray Vacancy Round.

Cut-off for self-financed seats: Rank 1,190,352
An analysis of the closing ranks for the NEET UG Stray Vacancy Round indicates that, under the open category, candidates with a rank of up to 1,190,352 have secured an MBBS seat in the self-financed category. For government medical colleges, the closing ranks for MBBS seats were as follows: 28,515 for the Open category (including General) (Sikkim GMC), 28,601 for OBC (Sikkim GMC), 31,430 for EWS (Sikkim GMC), 127,165 for SC (Nagaland GMC), and 144,533 for ST (Sikkim GMC).

MBBS Category-wise Stray Round Closing Ranks
Category    Closing Rank (All India)
Open (including General)    10,26,157
OBC    11,90,058
EWS    99,596
SC    1,83,081
ST    2,26,490

BDS Category-wise Stray Round Closing Ranks
Category    Closing Rank (All India)
Open (including General)    10,26,157
OBC    11,90,058
EWS    99,596
SC    1,83,081
ST    2,26,490

Deemed University – Self-financed Merit Seat (Open)    8,91,113
Deemed University – Non-Resident Indian (NRI) Seat (Open)    9,39,925

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