NEET UG 2026 Round 1 Allotment: 29,945 Seats Issued

The Medical Counselling Committee has issued the provisional Round 1 allotment for NEET UG 2026, placing 29,945 candidates against MBBS and BDS seats before publication of the final result. The list appeared on the MCC portal on Friday, 21 August, after a counselling round whose choice-filling window ran from 6 to 18 August.

Candidates were given until 3.59 pm on Friday to flag discrepancies through the grievance and query-redressal system on the MCC website. The committee's wording matters: a provisional allotment is an advance view of the result, not an admission order. Candidates should not report to a college on its strength alone. They must wait for the final allotment and then download the individual allotment letter from their login.

What candidates should check now

The provisional PDF lists the candidate's All India rank, allotted quota, institute, course, candidate category, allotted category and status. A careful check should go beyond the college name. Applicants should confirm that the quota and category shown against their rank are correct, particularly where a seat has been allotted under a reserved or institutional category.

Any mismatch should be reported through the official grievance route rather than by email addresses or phone numbers circulated in coaching groups. Candidates should keep a screenshot or acknowledgement of the complaint. Once the final result is declared, the allotment letter will be available after login using the registration number and password.

Round 1 reporting is scheduled from 22 to 31 August. MCC counselling covers 15 per cent All India Quota seats in state medical colleges and the relevant seats in central universities, deemed universities, AIIMS, JIPMER and other participating institutions. Candidates should therefore read the reporting instructions for both MCC and the allotted college; the document and fee requirements can differ by institution.

Documents and decisions after allotment

The standard reporting set includes the MCC allotment letter, NEET scorecard and admit card, Class 10 certificate, Class 12 marksheet and certificate, a valid photo identity document and passport-size photographs. Category and disability certificates are required where applicable. Colleges may ask for migration, transfer or medical-fitness documents as well, so candidates should use the institute's own checklist before travelling.

An allotment also requires a counselling decision. Candidates satisfied with their seat can complete admission and freeze it. Those eligible for upgradation must follow the option rules in the MCC scheme and understand what happens to the current seat if a higher preference is allotted later. The terms are not interchangeable, and an incorrect choice can affect participation in the next round.

The 29,945-seat figure gives Round 1 considerable scale, but it should not be mistaken for the total number of medical seats in India. It is the number reflected in this stage of MCC's central counselling. State counselling authorities run separate processes for their quotas, and their calendars may not move in step with MCC.

For families arranging travel, fees and original certificates at short notice, the safest sequence is simple: verify the provisional entry, wait for the final result, download the allotment letter, read the allotted college's notice and report within the stated window. A forwarded PDF or social-media message is not a substitute for the candidate login on mcc.nic.in.