Total Registration in JEE Mains 2026 Session 2: The National Testing Agency has yet to announce the total registration for the JEE Main session 2 exam. However, till now, a total of 14.5 lakh JEE registrations have been recorded for the JEE Session 1 exam. The final JEE Main 2026 total registration will be declared after the completion of session 2 registration. Additionally, a recorded number of 13,71,172 have appeared in the JEE Main 2026 exam up until now. NTA will likely released recorded number of registered and appearing students after each shift of the JEE session 2 exam. Based on 2025 data, a total of 10,61,840 students registered for the JEE Main session 2 exam and 13,11,544 students registered for session 1.
The engineering college entrance test will be held in dual shifts. The forenoon shift will be conducted from 9 am to 12 noon, while the afternoon shift will be held from 3 pm to 6 pm.
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NTA will release the registration number for the JEE Main session 2 exam across different categories. During the JEE Main 2026 session 1 exam, NTA released the number of students registered and who appeared in that particular shift.
NTA has concluded the JEE Main 2026 session 1 exam on February 28, 2026, and released the total number of registered students for the exam. The total number of registrations for the JEE Main 2026 session 1 has reached a record 14.5 lakh. The recorded numbers are higher in comparison to last year registrated numbers, i.e., 13.11 lakh. And 13,71,172 students have appeared in the 2026 JEE Main exam. Check the registration number across different categories.
JEE Main session 1 Paper | Registered Number |
Paper 1 (BTech) | 13,55,293 |
Paper 2 BArch/BPlan | 64,786 + 32,366 = 97,152 |
Total | 14,52,445 |
Category | Registration Number | Appeared Number |
General | 4,73,633 | 4,52,825 |
EWS | 1,64,260 | 1,60,958 |
OBC | 5,33,971 | 5,17,336 |
SC | 1,37,207 | 1,29,902 |
ST | 46,222 | 43,632 |
Total | 13,55,293 | 13,04,653 |
Category | Registration Number | Appeared Number |
General | 22,717 | 15,246 |
EWS | 6,559 | 5,183 |
SC | 7,911 | 5,064 |
ST | 3,602 | 2,417 |
OBC | 23,997 | 17,542 |
Total | 64,786 | 45,452 |
Category | Registration Number | Appeared Number |
General | 10,399 | 6,221 |
EWS | 3,390 | 2,611 |
OBC | 12,309 | 8,458 |
SC | 4,377 | 2,643 |
ST | 18,91 | 1,134 |
Total | 32,366 | 21,067 |
Last year, a total of 10,61,840 students registered for the session 2 exam. The number keeps increasing each year. Therefore, candidates can expect a rise in the number of registrations for the JEE Mains 2026 Session 2 exam. Check out the Previous year registrations for the JEE Main session 2 exam from 2025 to 2022.
Year | Session 2 Registered Candidates |
2025 | 10,61,840 |
2024 | 11,79,569 |
2023 | 9,31,334 |
2022 | 6,22,034 |
Year | Session 1 Registered Candidates | Session 2 Registered Candidates | Total Unique Registered Candidates |
2025 | 13,11,544 | 10,61,840 | 15,39,848 |
2024 | 12,21,624 | 11,79,569 | 14,76,557 |
2023 | 8,60,064 | 9,31,334 | 11,62,398 |
2022 | 8,72,970 | 6,22,034 | 10,26,799 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The total registration is 14.5 lakh in JEE Main 2026 till now.
As of now, 13,71, 172 have appeared for the JEE Main 2026 exam.
13,55,293 have registered for the JEE Main 2026 Paper 1 exam.
A total of 97,152 have registered for the JEE Main 2026 Paper 2 exam.
On Question asked by student community
decent chances actually as home state quota seats are 50%. allotments will depend on the JEE rank and not percentile though. in 2025, for female supernumerary it closed at 9286 rank while for open gen it closed at 5573.
So, would advise to use this tool to check the probable
yes you will. Ususally the return is within 7 days i it has failed at the gateway level which it seems to be. Please wait. You will get the money back
Slim chances as in 2025 the closing rank was 118 for SPA Delhi for B.Arch. You will need to wait for the rank list to come in April before getting a better picture. Please check https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor for the predictions.
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