NEET PG 2026 Candidates Use Previous Year Cutoffs to Gauge Admission Chances

NEET PG 2026 candidates are using previous-year counselling cutoffs as a guide to their chances, but actual seat allotments will depend on category, branch preferences, seat availability and counselling-round movement. In Kerala, popular clinical specialties such as radiodiagnosis and general medicine were highly competitive, while some preclinical seats remained available at much lower ranks; reported government-college closing ranks reached 165,383 for general-category MS Anatomy and 222,406 for ST-category MD Microbiology. In Karnataka, Bangalore and Mysore colleges were among the most competitive, with last year’s general-merit closing ranks including 7 for MD general medicine at BMCRI Bangalore and 145 for MD radiology at MMCRI Mysore. These historical ranks are indicative rather than guarantees of admission in 2026.
In Karnataka’s previous-year Round 1 counselling, MD radiodiagnosis opened at rank 50 and closed at rank 134 for general-merit candidates, a statewide range distinct from the cited Mysore college cutoff.
The Karnataka article reports that the state has the highest number of postgraduate medical seats. It also says the Union government approved around 5,000 additional medical seats nationally by academic year 2028–29.
NEET PG 2026 results were declared for more than 2.65 lakh candidates, according to the Karnataka cutoff report.
The Kerala branch-wise article also lists Dermatology, Venereology & Leprosy and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation among the popular government-college branches, beyond radiodiagnosis and general medicine.
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