NEET UG 2026 Special Stray Round: Only 537 MBBS allotments recorded against 946 vacancies

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has issued the provisional NEET UG counselling seat allotment list for the 2026 Special Stray Vacancy Round for MBBS and the fifth round of BDS and BSc Nursing. A total of 537 MBBS allotment entries have been recorded against 946 vacancies reported for special stray round.

The provisional allotment includes 811 entries across MBBS, Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) and BSc Nursing courses. Of these, 537 entries are for MBBS, 208 for BDS and 66 for BSc Nursing.

The 946 MBBS vacancies were reported in the seat matrix before the round. The 537 seat allotment is based on the MBBS entries in the provisional list. These figures indicate that allotments were recorded against approximately 56.8% of reported MBBS vacancies.

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NEET provisional allotment list includes candidates' ranks, roll numbers, allotted quotas, institutes, courses, allotted categories, categories and allotment remarks.

Steps to check NEET UG 2026 special stray vacancy round allotment list

Candidates who participated in the counselling process can check the provisional seat allotment list by following these steps:

• Go to the official MCC website mcc.nic.in
• Open the UG Medical Counselling section and go to the current events section
• Click on “Provisional Result for UG Counselling Special Stray Vacancy Round for MBBS and 5th Round of BDS/BSc Nursing 2026”.
• The allotment list will open in PDF format
• Use the search option (Ctrl + F on a computer) to enter your NEET UG rank or roll number
• Check the allotted institute, course, quota, category and allotment remarks against your details
• Download PDF and save it for future reference

NEET UG 2026 allotment list: Courses and institutes

Across MBBS, BDS and BSc Nursing seats, the institutes listed include Nilratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata; AIIMS Madurai; Calcutta National Medical College; University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, New Delhi; Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi; Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia; and Government Dental College, Shimla.

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Other institutes appearing in the allotment list include Government Dental College, Thrissur; Goa Dental College and Hospital; Government Dental College, Raipur; Government Dental College, Alappuzha; and several medical and dental colleges in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu.

For BSc Nursing, the listed institutions include the College of Nursing at Lady Hardinge Medical College, Banaras Hindu University, Safdarjung Hospital, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. For more details, one can go to the official website.