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NEET UG 2024: The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2024 exam on May 5, in which the overall attendance has been reported to be over 96 per cent.
The Agency is likely to release the provisional and final answer key this month. Once released, the answer keys will be displayed at the official NEET UG 2024 website — exams.nta.ac.in/NEET. After the release of the answer keys, the NEET UG 2024 results will be released on June 14.
As per the data shared by NTA, a total of 9,96,393 male candidates and 13,31,321 female candidates, and 17 transgender candidates appeared for the exam.
While the overall attendance has been recorded at 96.94 per cent, the attendance of male candidates was 96.92 per cent, 96.96 per cent for female candidates, and 94.44 per cent for transgender candidates.
State-wise performance, Uttar Pradesh recorded the most attendance with 1,64,779 female candidates, 1 transgender student and 1,67,690 male candidates attending the exam. This was followed by Maharashtra where 1,56,795 female and 1,18,243 male and 2 transgender students appeared for NEET UG.
| State | Male | Female | Transgender | Total |
| Uttar Pradesh | 167690 | 164779 | 1 | 332470 |
| Maharashtra | 118243 | 156795 | 2 | 275040 |
| Rajasthan | 104753 | 88367 | – | 193120 |
| Tamil Nadu | 53202 | 100398 | 5 | 153605 |
| Karnataka | 58429 | 92443 | 1 | 150873 |
As per the data provided by the NTA, Rajasthan is at the third position with over 1 lakh male candidates, and more than 88,000 female candidates, totalling to 1.93 lakh. Interestingly, Rajasthan is the only state in the top 5 with no transgender candidate.
Rajasthan has also been in a state of discussion in the NEET UG exam this time. On May 5, in an isolated incident at Girls Higher Secondary Adarsh Vidya Mandir, Mantown, Sawai Madhopur of Rajasthan Hindi-medium students were given English medium question paper. Due to this, students forcefully walked out of the exam hall with the English-medium question paper, which was later circulated on social media platforms, NTA claimed.
Another report of an alleged paper leak came from Bihar where the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of the Bihar Police said it seized “admit cards, post-dated cheques, and certificates” from “members of the organised gang arrested” in case of alleged question paper leak of NEET UG 2024. In Bihar, this time a total of 1,36,188 candidates (72661 male and 63527 female) appeared for the exam.
Tamil Nadu reported the fourth highest attendance with 1.53 lakh candidates, followed by Karnataka with 1.50 lakh students.
| State | Male | Female | Transgender | Total |
| Uttar Pradesh | 167690 | 164779 | 1 | 332470 |
| Maharashtra | 118243 | 156795 | 2 | 275040 |
| Rajasthan | 104753 | 88367 | 193120 | |
| Tamil Nadu | 53202 | 100398 | 5 | 153605 |
| Karnataka | 58429 | 92443 | 1 | 150873 |
| Kerala | 31755 | 106747 | 1 | 138503 |
| Bihar | 72661 | 63527 | 136188 | |
| West Bengal | 61461 | 55847 | 117308 | |
| Gujarat | 37873 | 49101 | 86974 | |
| Delhi | 28120 | 37988 | 1 | 66109 |
Kerala followed at sixth position with 1.38 lakh candidates. Next is Bihar with 1.36 lakh. About 1.17 lakh students in West Bengal, Gujarat and Delhi had the ninth and 10th highest number of candidates with 86000 and 66000 candidates, respectively.
| State | Male | Female |
| Tamil Nadu | 53202 | 100398 |
| Karnataka | 58429 | 92443 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 19547 | 44294 |
| Kerala | 31755 | 106747 |
| Tamil Nadu | 53202 | 100398 |
Interestingly, it is mainly southern states such as Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu where there is a stark difference between the attendance of male and female candidates.
