The National Testing Agency (NTA) today declared the National Eligibility cum Entrance Examinations (NEET) Undergraduate result. Along with the scores, NTA also released the NEET 2019 All India Rank Merit List online. Candidates can their NEET 2019 UG result and NEET 2019 Merit List online at the official website, ntaneet.nic.in. NEET Medical result is also hosted on the webpage of Medical Counselling Committee, mcc.nic.in. The All India Merit List of the qualified candidates will be prepared on the basis of All India Rank in the Merit List of NEET UG 2019. According to the official statistics released by NTA, Nalin Khandelwal has emerged as NTA topper this year, with a score of 701/ 720 Marks. Below, find top rank holders' list. NEET Result 2019 Live Updates. 

NEET 2019 was conducted by NTA on May 20 at various test centres. Besides, on May 20, the NEET UG 2019 examination was conducted for cyclone Fani-affected Odisha candidates and Karnataka exam takers whose train got delayed due to which they missed the entrance exam. NTA has released the NEET 2019 answer key last month and accepted the objection against the same till May 31. NEET UG 2019 Result Declared: Check NTA Entrance Exam Scores & All India Rank Merit List. 

According to the official NEET statement, the total number of candidates who registered for the examination this year, was 15,19,375, which is a 14.52 percent rise in numbers from 2018. The number of candidates participated in the exam was 14,10,755, which is 92.85% of the candidates. The number of NRI students appearing for NEET were 1,884 which is less than one percent - 0.12 percent.

NEET UG 2019 All India Merit List

  • Nalin Khandelwal: 701/720 marks

  • Bhavik Bansal: 700/720 marks

  • Akshat Kaushik: 700/720 marks

Both the second and third rank holders Bhavik and Akshat have scored the same marks, but are given successive ranks based on inter-se merit calculation. Madhuri Reddy G, is All India Rank 7, and is first among women candidates. She hails from Telangana and has scored 695 out of 720 marks. Reportedly, there are 20 girls in top 100 merit list.

As the NEET UG All India Rank has been released, it is now time for the admitting authorities to invite applications for counselling. Note that admission to MBBS/ BDS courses will be based solely on All India Rank as per merit list of NEET UG 2019.

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