Mumbai, April 20: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the results for the second session of JEE Main 2026. This year, 26 students have achieved a perfect score of 100 percentile, an increase from 24 students in 2025. A total of 1 million students participated in the exam held from April 2 to April 8.
Among those who scored 100 percentile, the highest number, five students each, are from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Following them are four students from Rajasthan, three from Delhi, and two each from Maharashtra and Haryana. Additionally, one student each from Chandigarh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, and Gujarat has also achieved this milestone.
The NTA clarified that the percentile score is not equivalent to percentage marks; instead, it is a normalized score based on the performance of candidates across different shifts of the exam.
In the first session, over 1.3 million students participated
The NTA conducted the JEE Main session 1 exam from January 21 to January 29, with more than 1.3 million students taking part. Students can check their results on the official website jeemain.nta.nic.in by entering their application number and password to download their scorecards.