The National Testing Agency (NTA) announced the JEE Main results on February 16. Candidates who took the Joint Entrance Examination for Session 1 can find the results on the official NTA JEE website at jeemain.nta.nic.in. The final answer key was published on the official site earlier.
A total of 12 candidates achieved a perfect 100 percentile NTA score in JEE Main 2026 Session 1 Paper 1, reported Hindustan Times. It further reported that gender-wise topper in JEE Mains 2026 was a candidate from Haryana named Ashi Grewal. Her score is 99.9969766.
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How to check results
These are the steps to check the results:
Visit the official website of NTA JEE at jeemain.nta.nic.in.
Click on the 'JEE Mains Result 2026 for Session 1' link on the home page.
A new page will open. Candidates will need to enter their login details.
Enter the application number, password or date of birth, and the security pin.
Click on submit, and the result will be displayed.
Candidates have been urged to download their scorecard and keep several printouts for future reference as it would be needed during counselling and admission process.
'NTA score is not same as percentage of marks'
The NTA score is not the same as the percentage of marks obtained; it represents normalised scores, Hindustan Times cited officials as saying. "NTA scores are normalised scores across multi-shift papers and are based on the relative performance of all those who appeared for the examination in one shift. The marks obtained are transformed into a scale ranging from 100 to 0 for each shift of examinees. The NTA score is not the same as the percentage of marks obtained," a senior official was quoted as saying.
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When was the exam held?
The Joint Entrance Examination for Session 1 took place on January 21, 22, 23, 24, 28 and 29, 2026. The Paper I exam occurred on January 21, 22, 23, 24, and 28, 2026, in two shifts. The first shift ran from 9 am to 12 noon, while the second shift was from 3 pm to 6 pm. Paper 2 was conducted on the last date in a single shift from 9 am to 12:30 pm.
The JEE Mains provisional answer key was released on February 4, 2026. The link for raising objections closed on February 6, 2026. A total of 1,355,293 candidates registered for the exam, including those from cities outside India. Out of these, 1,304,653 candidates took the examination, including those from centers outside India.
