The CLAT exam is a gateway to the top NLUs, which are among the top law colleges. Hence, the CLAT is the most popular and preferred law entrance exam in India among all candidates. The Consortium of NLUs conducted CLAT 2026 on December 7, 2025 in offline mode at different exam centres across India. The CLAT 2026 final answer key is released. 17,335 candidates registered for CLAT PG 2026 out of which 16,026 appeared for the exam. There has been a continuous increase in the number of students appearing for the CLAT PG exam over the past few years.
Additionally, with the ongoing interest among students in the legal profession, there was an increase in the number of aspirants this year. Through the Common Law Admission Test PG, candidates will be admitted into the LLM programmes of participating NLUs and affiliated colleges.
Total Candidates Registered | Candidates Registered for CLAT PG 2026 | Percentage of CLAT PG Candidates in registrations | Number of candidates appeared for CLAT PG 2026 | Candidates Absent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92,344 | 17,335 | 18.77% | 16,026 | 1,309 |
Students can refer to the previous year's statistics to understand the trends in CLAT exam.
Year | Total Registered Candidates for CLAT (UG+PG) | CLAT PG registrations | Percentage of CLAT PG Registrations in Total Registrations | Number of Candidates Appearing for CLAT PG | Candidates Absent |
2025 | 78914 | 16082 | 20.37% | 14817 | 7.8% |
2024 | 67590 | 12782 | 18.9% | 12005 | 6.07% |
2023 | 54253 | 9490 | 17.4% | 8703 | 8.3% |
To estimate a good score in CLAT PG 2026, candidates must refer to the previous year's CLAT LLM cut-off data, along with seat intake and reservation. Considering the previous year’s trend, a good score in CLAT PG 2026 is likely to be around 70+ marks for admission into top NLUs.
The success rate in CLAT PG 2026 will be low due to the wide gap between the number of CLAT PG seats available and the total number of candidates appearing for CLAT PG.
NLU Name | Course | CLAT Seats (excluding supernumerary and NRI seats) |
NLSIU Bengaluru | LLM | 120 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | LLM | 66 |
NLIU Bhopal | LLM | 60 |
WBNUJS Kolkata | LLM | 100 |
NLU Jodhpur | LLM | 80 |
HNLU Raipur | LLM | 90 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | LLM | 57 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | LLM | 33 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | LLM | 48 |
RGNUL Patiala | LLM | 58 |
NUALS Kochi | LLM | 60 |
NLUO Cuttack | LLM | 44 |
NUSRL Ranchi | LLM | 60 |
NLUJA Kamrup | LLM | 40 |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | LLM | 60 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli | LLM Corporate and Securities Laws | 20 |
LLM Intellectual Property Law | 20 | |
LLM (Natural Resources Law) | 20 | |
MNLU Mumbai | LLM | 50 |
MNLU Nagpur | LLM | 60 |
MNLU Aurangabad | LLM | 60 |
HPNLU Shimla | LLM | 80 |
DNLU Jabalpur | LLM | 50 |
NLU Tripura | LLM | 50 |
RPNLU Prayagraj | LLM | 10 |
IIULER Goa | LLM | 40 |
On Question asked by student community
Hello there,
Having a 15000 general rank and 1740 as your SC category rank, your chances of securing a seat are very low. As per the previous trends, it is a direct no for you to get into the top-tier NLUs since the closing general rank is around 1500-3000. If
With a CLAT PG rank of 1257 in the SC category and being a woman candidate with Rajasthan domicile, you do have a realistic chance of securing admission to several National Law Universities, though the top NLUs may be difficult at this rank. Admission chances depend heavily on category-wise cut-offs,
With a CLAT PG rank of around 11,000, getting admission into the top National Law Universities (NLUs) is not likely, as their general category cut-offs usually close much earlier. However, you still have realistic chances in lower-ranked and newer NLUs, especially in the later rounds of CLAT counselling or through
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Here is your CLAT 2026 Rank-Wise College List - Available NLUs in your rank range. I am providing you the link. Kindly open and check it out.
https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-2026-rank-wise-college-list
I hope it will help you. For any further query please let me know.
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