As many as 411 MBBS seats remained unallotted across India even after the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) conducted a special stray vacancy round of NEET UG 2026 counselling, according to MCC sources cited by PTI.

Source: PTI via Careers360

The special round's seat matrix carried 948 vacant MBBS seats. Of these, 537 were allotted to candidates and 411 remained vacant at the end of the process. The final allotment also covered BDS and BSc Nursing seats, with 208 BDS and 66 BSc Nursing seats allotted in the round.

411MBBS seats left vacant
948MBBS seats in the special round matrix
537Seats allotted in the round
60–70Seats left vacant last year

The number is a sharp jump from last year, when only about 60 to 70 MBBS seats remained unfilled after counselling, the MCC sources said. The Supreme Court had directed the authorities to conduct four rounds of counselling; the MCC held a fifth, special round as well in a final attempt to fill the seats.

A Health Ministry official said the high fee structure in private medical colleges could be one factor behind the seats remaining unfilled, noting that fees at some institutions have risen from around Rs 15 lakh to Rs 25–30 lakh a year, according to reports of the official's remarks.

Source: Times of India via Jagran Josh

The MCC conducts counselling for the All India Quota and deemed university seats. Candidates can check the final allotment result and related notices on the committee's official website, mcc.nic.in.