NEET UG 2026 Seat Matrix: Puducherry
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MBBS seats in Puducherry that go through Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) counselling: the 15% All India Quota in government colleges, and all seats at central institutes and deemed universities in the state. Which colleges are the strongest by rank, where seats are still open, what rank each category needed, and exactly how we worked it out from the official documents.
Puducherry at a glance
Puducherry put 1,120 MBBS seats into MCC counselling for NEET UG 2026 across 7 institutes. Round 1 allotted 967 of them and 629 candidates actually reported. Round 2 placed 399 new candidates. Round 3 placed 227 more. MCC's admitted list shows 751 candidates joined up to Round 3, the Stray Vacancy Round allotted 297 more, and 172 seats were still vacant when counselling closed, most of them at Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Pondicherry (92). The strongest college by rank is JIPMER PUDUCHERRY, which opened at All India Rank 12 and closed at 309 in the Open category.
Best colleges in Puducherry by opening rank
Ranked by the best NEET All India Rank that chose the college in Round 1 (Open category, merit quota). A low opening rank means top scorers picked it first; the closing rank is roughly what you needed to get in.
| # | College | Opening rank | Closing rank | Seats R1 | Vacant at close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JIPMER PUDUCHERRYJawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research · college page | 12 | 309 | 182 | 0 |
| 2 | JIPMER KARAIKALJawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research | 1,442 | 2,638 | 61 | 0 |
| 3 | Indira Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, PuducherryAll India except Central University · college page | 2,397 | 8,556 | 27 | 0 |
| 4 | Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, PondicherryDeemed University · college page | 105,794 | 834,236 | 250 | 92 |
| 5 | Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, PondicherryDeemed University · college page | 167,005 | 1,187,171 | 250 | 80 |
| 6 | Vinayaka Missions Medical College, KaraikalDeemed University · college page | 182,868 | 805,761 | 200 | 0 |
| 7 | Aarupadai Veedu Medical College, PondicherryDeemed University · college page | 265,028 | 918,859 | 150 | 0 |
Colleges that still had vacant seats when counselling closed
Institutes with MBBS seats still vacant when MCC counselling closed, most first. These seats went back to the institute or lapsed; the list shows where demand was weakest, not seats you can get now. Check the closing rank next to each: it tells you the rank that got in last time.
| College | Vacant at close | Joined R1–R3 | Stray allotted | Seats R1 | Joined after R1 | R2 new allotments | R1 closing rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, PondicherryDeemed University · college page | 92 | 150 | 8 | 250 | 136 | 143 | 834,236 |
| Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, PondicherryDeemed University · college page | 80 | 42 | 128 | 250 | 58 | 16 | 1,187,171 |
Most open seats in the country sit in deemed universities, where fees are high and the seat is often given up after allotment. A seat being open is not the same as it being affordable; check the fee on the college page and never pay an agent to "arrange" it.
Easiest to get into: highest closing ranks
The colleges whose last allotted rank was the highest in Round 1 (Open category, merit quota). If your rank is around these numbers, these are the realistic choices in Puducherry through MCC.
| College | Closing rank | Opening rank | Seats R1 | Vacant at close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, PondicherryDeemed University | 1,187,171 | 167,005 | 250 | 80 |
| Aarupadai Veedu Medical College, PondicherryDeemed University | 918,859 | 265,028 | 150 | 0 |
| Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, PondicherryDeemed University | 834,236 | 105,794 | 250 | 92 |
| Vinayaka Missions Medical College, KaraikalDeemed University | 805,761 | 182,868 | 200 | 0 |
| Indira Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, PuducherryAll India except Central University | 8,556 | 2,397 | 27 | 0 |
| JIPMER KARAIKALJawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research | 2,638 | 1,442 | 61 | 0 |
| JIPMER PUDUCHERRYJawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research | 309 | 12 | 182 | 0 |
Closing rank by category in Puducherry
For each category: the best rank that got a seat anywhere in the state, and the last rank that did, with the college where it happened (Round 1, merit quota).
Full NEET UG 2026 seat matrix: Puducherry
| Institute | R1 opening | R1 closing | R1 seats | R1 allotted | Joined | R2 new | R3 new | Joined R1–R3 | Stray | Vacant at close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aarupadai Veedu Medical College, PondicherryDeemed University · college page | 265,028 | 918,859 | 150 | 150 | 95 | 71 | 94 | 175 | 25 | 0 |
| Indira Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, PuducherryAll India except Central University · college page | 2,397 | 8,556 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 0 |
| JIPMER KARAIKALJawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research | 1,442 | 2,638 | 61 | 56 | 37 | 27 | 25 | 52 | 9 | 0 |
| JIPMER PUDUCHERRYJawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research · college page | 12 | 309 | 182 | 178 | 176 | 2 | 6 | 182 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, PondicherryDeemed University · college page | 105,794 | 834,236 | 250 | 236 | 136 | 143 | 27 | 150 | 8 | 92 |
| Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, PondicherryDeemed University · college page | 167,005 | 1,187,171 | 250 | 120 | 58 | 16 | 22 | 42 | 128 | 80 |
| Vinayaka Missions Medical College, KaraikalDeemed University · college page | 182,868 | 805,761 | 200 | 200 | 119 | 119 | 33 | 132 | 118 | 0 |
How we get these numbers
Everything on this page comes from the official documents published by the Medical Counselling Committee for NEET UG 2026, and nothing else. We do not use coaching-centre "expected cut-offs" or last year's figures.
- Seat Matrix for Round 1: every seat each institute offered, by quota and category. This is the "seats" column.
- Round 1 allotment result: one line per candidate with rank, institute, quota and category. Counting lines gives "allotted"; the lowest and highest rank in each cell give the opening and closing rank.
- Round 2 allotment result: the same, plus what each Round 1 candidate did (reported, not reported, upgraded, retained, surrendered). "Joined" counts those who reported. Round 2 opening and closing ranks use only candidates newly placed in the round; candidates who kept their Round 1 seat are not counted twice.
- Clear vacancy, virtual vacancy and newly added seats for each round: MCC's own vacancy lists, published before the round opens. Clear vacancy is a seat that is definitely empty; virtual vacancy adds the seats of candidates from the previous round who opted to upgrade, which open only if that candidate actually moves.
- Round 3 allotment result: the same again, with what each Round 2 candidate did. Round 3 opening and closing ranks use only candidates newly placed in the round.
- Stray Vacancy Round result, the admitted/joined list up to Round 3 and the not-reported notice: MCC's final documents. "Joined" counts candidates on the admitted list; stray allotments are added to it; "vacant at close" is seats offered minus both.
Seats open for Stray Vacancy Round is our estimate: seats offered (Round 1 plus newly added) minus seats still held after the last round, where "held" means earlier joiners who did not upgrade away plus the new allotments. Candidates who do not join free more seats, so MCC's official vacancy list is normally a little higher. Treat our number as the floor.
Ranks are NEET UG All India Ranks as printed in the allotment results. The headline opening and closing ranks use the Open category in the merit quotas only (All India Quota, Open Seat Quota at central institutes, and the Self-Financed Merit Seat at deemed universities). NRI, minority, ESIC, internal and armed-forces quotas admit at very different ranks, so they would make colleges look easier or harder than they are; each institute page shows every quota and category separately.
What is not here: the 85% state quota of government colleges and the seats of private colleges counselled by the state authority. Those go through Puducherry's own counselling and are not in MCC's documents.
Updated 25 Oct 2026. The page rebuilds itself every time a new MCC document is imported, so the date above is the date of the data, not of the text. Source documents: Seat Matrix for Round 1 NEET UG MBBS BDS & BSc Nursing (MCC); Clear Vacancy Round 2 - UG Counselling 2026 (MCC); Virtual Vacancy Round 2 - UG Counselling 2026 (MCC); Newly Added Seats Round 2 - UG Counselling 2026 (MCC); Clear Vacancy Round 3 - UG Counselling 2026 (MCC, 24-09-2026); Virtual Vacancy Round 3 - UG Counselling 2026 (MCC, 24-09-2026); Newly Added Seats Round 3 (MBBS BDS) - UG Counselling 2026 (MCC, 24-09-2026); NEET-UG Counselling Seats Allotment 2026 Round 1 (MCC, 24-08-2026); NEET-UG Counselling Seats Allotment 2026 Round 2 (MCC, 12-09-2026); Clear Vacancy Stray Vacancy Round - UG Counselling 2026 (MCC, Oct 2026); NEET-UG Counselling Seats Allotment 2026 Round 3 (MCC, Oct 2026); NEET-UG Counselling Seats Allotment 2026 Stray Round (MCC, Oct 2026); Admitted/Joined candidates up to Round 3 - UG Counselling 2026 (MCC); Not reported candidates Round 3 - UG Counselling 2026 (MCC Notice 26, 11-10-2026). Verify anything you act on at mcc.nic.in.
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