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    How Many Students Appeared for KCET 2026? Total Candidates

    Chintakuntla Sai GnanUpdated on 14 Mar 2026, 06:06 PM IST

    How many students appeared for KCET 2026? : The Karnataka Examination Authority will release the KCET 2026 exam statistics on the official website, kea.kar.nic.in. Candidates must check the Karnataka CET exam statistics to know how many students appeared for the exam. The statistics comprise details such as the number of students who appeared for Karnataka CET 2026, the number of students registered,=. In the previous year KCET 2025, a total of 3,30,787 students registered for the exam, and 3,11,996 candidates appeared. the total number of boys and girls candidates and much more. In 2024, over 3.1 lakh students appeared for the KCET exam. The last 5 year’s data on how many students appeared in the KCET exam is provided in this article. The authority will conduct the KCET 2026 exam on April 23 & 24, 2026.

    This Story also Contains

    1. Total number of students who appeared for KCET 2026
    2. KCET Result 2026
    3. KCET Toppers 2026
    4. KCET Counselling 2026
    How Many Students Appeared for KCET 2026? Total Candidates
    How many students appeared for KCET 2026?

    Total number of students who appeared for KCET 2026

    KEA will release the details on the total number of students who registered, appeared, and qualified for the KCET 2026 exam. Candidates can check the detailed information on how many students appeared for KCET 2026 below.

    Previous Year Data for Number of students appeared for KCET exam

    Here we have provided the last 5 years' data on how many students appeared in the KCET exam.

    How many students appeared for KCET 2025

    ParticularsDetails

    Total Number of candidates registered for KCET 2025 exam

    3,30,787

    Total Number of candidates appeared for KCET 2025 exam3,11,996

    Total Number of candidates qualified for engineering admissions

    Physics- 311960

    Chemistry - 311676

    Maths - 304170

    Total Number of exam centres

    775

    Total Number of candidates qualified for Veterinary course admissions

    2.18 lakhs

    How many students appeared for KCET 2024

    ParticularsDetails

    Total Number of candidates registered for KCET 2024 exam

    3,49,653

    Total Number of candidates qualified for engineering admissions

    2,74,595

    Total Number of applications appeared in KCET exam 2024

    3,10,314

    Total Number of exam centres

    737

    Total Number of candidates qualified for Veterinary course admissions

    2,19,887

    How Many Students Appeared For KCET 2023

    DescriptionStats
    Total number of candidates
    • Applied for exam - 2,61,610
    • Appeared for exam -2,44,345
    • Candidates appeared for Engineering paper -2,03,381
    Total number of boys candidates
    • Applied - 1,21,174
    • Appeared - 1,14,565
    Total number of girls candidates
    • Applied - 1,40,436
    • Appeared - 1,29,780
    Total number of repeated candidates20, 000 candidates
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    KCET 2022 Previous Year Statistics

    Year

    Number of students who appeared for KCET

    Total number of students who appeared for KCET 2022

    Appeared- 210829 candidates

    How many students wrote KCET 2021

    • Appeared candidates- 1,83, 231

    • Boys- 90,601

    • Girls- 92, 630

    Number of students appeared in KCET 2020 exam

    Appeared - 1,75,349

    Qualified - 1,53,470

    Total number of students appeared for KCET 2019

    Registered - 1,94,311

    The attendance for Biology, Maths, Physics and Chemistry papers varied from 79 per cent to 92 per cent.

    How many students appeared in KCET 2018

    Registered - 1,98,655

    Appeared - 1,92,905

    KCET Result 2026

    KEA will announce the KCET 2026 result on the official website, kea.kar.nic.in. To check the result of KCET 2026, candidates will need to use their registration number. Students can check their subject-wise and total obtained scores through KCET result 2026. The secured ranks in the Karnataka CET exam is available through the KCET exam results.

    How to check KCET exam result

    • Go to the official KCET 2026 website, kea.kar.nic.in.
    • Click on the link for KEA UGCET results.
    • Enter your registration number to log in.
    • Once logged in, the KCET 2026 result will appear on the screen.
    • Download the result and take a printout for future reference.

    KCET Toppers 2026

    Along with the declaration of results, the authorities will release the list of KCET 2026 toppers. In the meantime, candidates can check the list of previous year’s KCET toppers.

    KCET 2025 Top 10 Engineering Rank List

    RankStudent NameMerit %Board
    1Bhavesh Jayanthi99.06CBSE in Karnataka
    2Satwik B Biradar98.83CBSE in Karnataka
    3Dhinesh Gomathi Shankar Arunachalam98.67CBSE in Karnataka
    4Shishir H Shetty98.61Karnataka (State Board)
    5Divyansh Agrawal98.56CBSE in Karnataka
    6Tharun A Surana98.56Karnataka (State Board)
    7Karan Koder98.44Karnataka (State Board)
    8Rishabh Pandey98.39CBSE in Karnataka
    9Chaithanya Parama Shivam98.33CBSE in Karnataka
    10Sarath Chandar M98.17CBSE in Karnataka

    KCET 2024 Engineering Toppers List – Previous Year's

    Rank

    Karnataka CET toppers

    School

    1

    Harsha Karthikeya

    Narayana Olympiad School Sahakar Nagar, Bangalore

    2

    Manoj Sohan

    Sri Chaitanya Techno School in Marathahalli, Bangalore

    3

    PJ Abhinav

    Nehru Smarak Vidyalaya Jayanagar

    KCET 2023 Engineering Toppers

    Karnataka CET toppers

    Qualifying examination marks

    CET marks

    Total

    Vignesh Natraj

    99.667%

    96.11%

    97.889%

    Arjun Krishna Swami

    100%

    95%

    97.5%

    Samrush Shetty

    99.33%

    95%

    97.167%

    Sumedh SS

    99.667%

    94.44%

    97.056%

    Madhav Surya

    97%

    96.6%

    96.237%

    KCET 2022 toppers list

    KCET Toppers

    Marks secured

    Apoorv Tandon

    98.611%

    Siddhartha Singh

    98.334%

    Atmakuri Venkata Madhi

    98.111%

    Shishir RK

    97.945%

    Vishal Bysani

    97.5%

    Saagar

    97.5%

    Mahesh Kumar V

    97.167%

    Siddarth GV

    97.056%

    Sathvik V

    96.834%

    KCET Counselling 2026

    Students who qualify for the KCET 2026 exam will be eligible to participate in the KCET 2026 counselling. KEA is expected to announce the KCET counselling 2026 dates on the official website, kea.kar.nic.in. The counselling of KCET 2026 will include various steps such as registration, CET web option entry, seat allotment, and seat acceptance fee.

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: When to apply for KCET 2026?
    A:

    The KCET 2026 application was conducted from January 16 to February 27, 2026.

    Q: How many students qualified for KCET 2024?
    A:

    In 2024, a total of 2,74,595 candidates qualified for engineering admissions out of 3,49,653 registered candidates.

    Q: Who got 1st rank in KCET 2024?
    A:

    Harsha Karthikeya Vutukuri from Narayana Olympiad School, Sahakara Nagar, secured the 1st rank in KCET 2024.

    Q: Is KEA registration 2026 started?
    A:

    Yes, the KCET 2026 registration has been successfully concluded online.

    Q: What are the KCET 2026 Exam dates
    A:

    The KCET 2026 exam dates are on April 23 & 24, 2026.

    Q: How many students attended the KCET 2025 exam
    A:

    According to the official notification, a total of over 3.3 lakh students appeared.

    Q: Who got 1st rank in KCET 2025?
    A:

    Bhavesh Jayanthi from Karnataka secured Rank 1 in KCET 2026 with 99.06 percent.

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