The AP LAWCET 2026 is a state-level entrance exam for admission to law colleges in Andhra Pradesh. Every year, thousands of students appear for the AP LAWCET exam. This year, a total of 23,996 students appeared for the AP LAWCET 2026 exam across the state, out of which 19,197 candidates qualified, recording an 80% pass percentage. Among these, the largest number of candidates had appeared for the AP LAWCET 3-year LLB 2026 exam. The AP LAWCET 2026 for 5-year LLB also saw an increasing number of candidates each year as the course is getting popular. The AP PGLCET exam sees around 2000-3000 candidates each year. The AP LAWCET 2026 statistics will be published shortly on the website. Read the complete article to know how many students appeared for AP LAWCET 2026, previous year statistics and more.
Particulars | Appeared | Qualified | Pass (%) |
Total No. of Candidates | 23,996 | 19,197 | 80% |
Candidates can also check the previous years statistics of AP LAWCET to get an idea about how many students appear for the exam each year. This also gives candidates a good idea of the kind of competition each of the courses has. The AP LAWCET 2026 statistics have been given in the table below:
Particulars | 3-year LLB | 5-year LLB | LLM |
Total number of candidates appeared | 17,533 | 4,559 | 1904 |
Total number of candidates qualified | 13,863 | 3,582 | 1752 |
The percentage of qualified candidates | 79.07% | 78.57% | 92.02% |
Stream Name | Registered Candidates | Appeared | Qualified | Pass (%) |
3-year LLB | 19972 | 15292 | 15091 | 98.69% |
5-year LLB | 4796 | 3867 | 3659 | 94.62% |
2-year LLM | 2485 | 2092 | 2076 | 99.24% |
Total | 27253 | 21251 | 20826 | 98.00% |
Particulars | Registered | Appeared | Qualified | Pass (%) |
Total No. of Candidates | 19972 | 15292 | 15091 | 98.69% |
Male Candidates | 14024 | 10625 | 10528 | 99.09% |
Female Candidates | 5946 | 4665 | 4561 | 97.77% |
Transgender Candidates | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.00% |
Particulars | Registered | Appeared | Qualified | Pass (%) |
Total No. of Candidates | 4796 | 3867 | 3659 | 94.62% |
Male Candidates | 2473 | 1967 | 1851 | 94.10% |
Female Candidates | 2323 | 1900 | 1808 | 95.16% |
Transgender Candidates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Category | Registered | Appeared | Qualified | ||||||
M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | |
OC | 5147 | 2700 | 1 | 3873 | 2131 | 1 | 3818 | 2072 | 1 |
BC_A | 2020 | 1074 | 1 | 1569 | 889 | 1 | 1525 | 847 | 1 |
BC_B | 1959 | 1133 | 0 | 1525 | 927 | 0 | 1485 | 886 | 0 |
BC_C | 239 | 115 | 0 | 179 | 85 | 0 | 176 | 84 | 0 |
BC_D | 2344 | 1333 | 0 | 1840 | 1073 | 0 | 1785 | 1037 | 0 |
BC_E | 1006 | 433 | 0 | 799 | 349 | 0 | 771 | 328 | 0 |
SC | 4684 | 2086 | 0 | 3593 | 1662 | 0 | 3593 | 1662 | 0 |
ST | 578 | 400 | 0 | 442 | 313 | 0 | 442 | 313 | 0 |
Total | 17977 | 9274 | 2 | 13820 | 7429 | 2 | 13595 | 7229 | 2 |
Category | Registered | Appeared | Absent | Qualified | Not Qualified | Pass (%) |
BC_A | 2260 | 1753 | 507 | 1713 | 40 | 97.72 |
BC_B | 2255 | 1755 | 500 | 1718 | 37 | 97.89 |
BC_C | 266 | 189 | 77 | 186 | 3 | 98.41 |
BC_D | 2658 | 2054 | 604 | 2006 | 48 | 97.66 |
BC_E | 1048 | 825 | 223 | 802 | 23 | 97.21 |
OC | 5890 | 4444 | 1446 | 4394 | 50 | 98.87 |
SC | 4989 | 3822 | 1167 | 3822 | 0 | 100.00 |
ST | 606 | 450 | 156 | 450 | 0 | 100.00 |
19972 | 15292 | 4680 | 15091 | 201 | 98.69 |
Category | Registered | Appeared | Absent | Qualified | Not Qualified | Pass (%) |
AU | 11085 | 8628 | 2457 | 8530 | 98 | 98.86 |
Other State | 1742 | 1240 | 502 | 1223 | 17 | 98.63 |
SVU | 7145 | 5424 | 1721 | 5338 | 86 | 98.41 |
Total | 19972 | 15292 | 4680 | 15091 | 201 | 98.69 |
Registered | Appeared | Qualified | Pass (%) | |
Male | 14024 | 10625 | 10528 | 99.09 |
Female | 5946 | 4665 | 4561 | 97.77 |
Transgender | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100 |
City | Registered | Appeared | Absent | Qualified | Not Qualified | Pass (%) |
Amalapuram | 305 | 254 | 51 | 251 | 3 | 98.82 |
Anakapalle | 69 | 56 | 13 | 56 | 0 | 100.00 |
Anantapur | 642 | 516 | 126 | 508 | 8 | 98.45 |
Bhimavaram | 290 | 227 | 63 | 221 | 6 | 97.36 |
Chirala | 189 | 143 | 46 | 142 | 1 | 99.30 |
Chittoor | 359 | 270 | 89 | 265 | 5 | 98.15 |
Eluru | 353 | 289 | 64 | 287 | 2 | 99.31 |
Gajuwaka | 450 | 360 | 90 | 357 | 3 | 99.17 |
Gooty | 199 | 151 | 48 | 149 | 2 | 98.68 |
Gudlavalleru | 168 | 124 | 44 | 124 | 0 | 100.00 |
Gudur | 388 | 304 | 84 | 303 | 1 | 99.67 |
Guntur | 1630 | 1257 | 373 | 1244 | 13 | 98.97 |
Kadapa | 846 | 651 | 195 | 635 | 16 | 97.54 |
Kakinada | 694 | 576 | 118 | 572 | 4 | 99.31 |
Kavali | 235 | 183 | 52 | 178 | 5 | 97.27 |
Kurnool | 821 | 687 | 134 | 674 | 13 | 98.11 |
Machilipatnam | 204 | 170 | 34 | 169 | 1 | 99.41 |
Madanapalle | 340 | 244 | 96 | 237 | 7 | 97.13 |
Markapuram | 231 | 183 | 48 | 181 | 2 | 98.91 |
Nandyal | 719 | 537 | 182 | 530 | 7 | 98.70 |
Narasapuram | 73 | 65 | 8 | 64 | 1 | 98.46 |
Narasaraopeta | 740 | 613 | 127 | 610 | 3 | 99.51 |
Nellore | 543 | 458 | 85 | 453 | 5 | 98.91 |
Ongole | 773 | 579 | 194 | 576 | 3 | 99.48 |
Palamner | 147 | 107 | 40 | 106 | 1 | 99.07 |
Proddatur | 534 | 394 | 140 | 390 | 4 | 98.98 |
Puttaparthi | 68 | 58 | 10 | 56 | 2 | 96.55 |
Puttur | 432 | 344 | 88 | 336 | 8 | 97.67 |
Rajahmundry | 700 | 492 | 208 | 484 | 8 | 98.37 |
Rajampet | 198 | 157 | 41 | 156 | 1 | 99.36 |
Srikakulam | 551 | 406 | 145 | 394 | 12 | 97.04 |
Tadepalligudem | 251 | 202 | 49 | 197 | 5 | 97.52 |
Tadipatri | 219 | 161 | 58 | 158 | 3 | 98.14 |
Tekkali | 157 | 109 | 48 | 109 | 0 | 100.00 |
Tirupati | 502 | 383 | 119 | 380 | 3 | 99.22 |
Vijayawada | 2093 | 1617 | 476 | 1602 | 15 | 99.07 |
Visakhapatnam | 1993 | 1391 | 602 | 1375 | 16 | 98.85 |
Vizianagaram | 711 | 447 | 264 | 439 | 8 | 98.21 |
Yemmiganur | 155 | 127 | 28 | 123 | 4 | 96.85 |
19972 | 15292 | 4680 | 15091 | 201 | 98.69 |
Category | Registered | Appeared | Absent | Qualified | Not Qualified | Pass (%) |
BC_A | 557 | 463 | 94 | 421 | 42 | 90.93 |
BC_B | 528 | 428 | 100 | 385 | 43 | 89.95 |
BC_C | 55 | 46 | 9 | 45 | 1 | 97.83 |
BC_D | 671 | 558 | 113 | 518 | 40 | 92.83 |
BC_E | 289 | 235 | 54 | 210 | 25 | 89.36 |
OC | 1184 | 937 | 247 | 880 | 57 | 93.92 |
SC | 1241 | 986 | 255 | 986 | 0 | 100.00 |
ST | 271 | 214 | 57 | 214 | 0 | 100.00 |
4796 | 3867 | 929 | 3659 | 208 | 94.62 |
Category | Registered | Appeared | Absent | Qualified | Not Qualified | Pass (%) |
AU | 2885 | 2374 | 511 | 2254 | 120 | 94.95 |
Other State | 220 | 147 | 73 | 142 | 5 | 96.60 |
SVU | 1691 | 1346 | 345 | 1263 | 83 | 93.83 |
Total | 4796 | 3867 | 929 | 3659 | 208 | 94.62 |
Registered | Appeared | Qualified | Pass (%) | |
Total No. of Candidates | 4796 | 3867 | 3659 | 94.62 |
Male Candidates | 2473 | 1967 | 1851 | 94.10 |
Female Candidates | 2323 | 1900 | 1808 | 95.16 |
Transgender Candidates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
City | Registered | Appeared | Absent | Qualified | Not Qualified | Pass (%) |
Amalapuram | 77 | 61 | 16 | 59 | 2 | 96.72 |
Anakapalle | 22 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 100.00 |
Anantapur | 161 | 127 | 34 | 117 | 10 | 92.13 |
Bhimavaram | 73 | 60 | 13 | 54 | 6 | 90.00 |
Chirala | 39 | 27 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 88.89 |
Chittoor | 98 | 88 | 10 | 82 | 6 | 93.18 |
Eluru | 105 | 87 | 18 | 82 | 5 | 94.25 |
Gajuwaka | 105 | 90 | 15 | 86 | 4 | 95.56 |
Gooty | 41 | 32 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 93.75 |
Gudlavalleru | 48 | 37 | 11 | 37 | 0 | 100.00 |
Gudur | 81 | 67 | 14 | 66 | 1 | 98.51 |
Guntur | 368 | 320 | 48 | 306 | 14 | 95.63 |
Kadapa | 157 | 128 | 29 | 117 | 11 | 91.41 |
Kakinada | 188 | 156 | 32 | 147 | 9 | 94.23 |
Kavali | 40 | 36 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 97.22 |
Kurnool | 163 | 132 | 31 | 123 | 9 | 93.18 |
Machilipatnam | 56 | 51 | 5 | 49 | 2 | 96.08 |
Madanapalle | 104 | 87 | 17 | 77 | 10 | 88.51 |
Markapuram | 56 | 46 | 10 | 43 | 3 | 93.48 |
Nandyal | 151 | 114 | 37 | 104 | 10 | 91.23 |
Narasapuram | 20 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 94.74 |
Narasaraopeta | 181 | 143 | 38 | 132 | 11 | 92.31 |
Nellore | 107 | 91 | 16 | 88 | 3 | 96.70 |
Ongole | 190 | 151 | 39 | 139 | 12 | 92.05 |
Palamner | 39 | 26 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 96.15 |
Proddatur | 93 | 74 | 19 | 65 | 9 | 87.84 |
Puttaparthi | 30 | 26 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 96.15 |
Puttur | 105 | 83 | 22 | 79 | 4 | 95.18 |
Rajahmundry | 176 | 137 | 39 | 126 | 11 | 91.97 |
Rajampet | 40 | 33 | 7 | 29 | 4 | 87.88 |
Srikakulam | 146 | 117 | 29 | 111 | 6 | 94.87 |
Tadepalligudem | 80 | 64 | 16 | 59 | 5 | 92.19 |
Tadipatri | 61 | 50 | 11 | 49 | 1 | 98.00 |
Tekkali | 54 | 42 | 12 | 42 | 0 | 100.00 |
Tirupati | 126 | 98 | 28 | 95 | 3 | 96.94 |
Vijayawada | 588 | 472 | 116 | 458 | 14 | 97.03 |
Visakhapatnam | 436 | 331 | 105 | 321 | 10 | 96.98 |
Vizianagaram | 145 | 109 | 36 | 105 | 4 | 96.33 |
Yemmiganur | 46 | 38 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 100.00 |
4796 | 3867 | 929 | 3659 | 208 | 94.62 |
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Click on the given ebook link below to download the LAWSET question paper with solution 2022
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APSCHE has released the AP Lawcet applcation form . Law aspirants interested in admission into 3-year and 5-year LLB courses can access the form on the official website - cets.apsche.ap.gov.in by paying an application fee of INR 900 (General/OC), INR 850 for BC and INR 800 for SC/ST.
Yes, a BTech graduate is eligible to appear for the AP LAWCET exam to pursue a 3-year LLB programme.
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Just visit the link I am attaching so that you can get access to the syllabus, including model papers and important topics. AP LAWCET 2026 mainly includes General Knowledge, Mental Ability, Current Affairs, and Law Aptitude, with law-related topics carrying the most marks.
Important areas to focus on are
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