Which state has the highest & lowest applicants?

CUET UG Results 2025: Over 13 lakh students are waiting for the CUET UG results to get admission to UG courses in their desired colleges. However, have you ever wondered which Indian state would have the highest applicants in CUET UG? Well, the Agency is yet to share the statistics for this year’s results; however, we have the answer for you based on past year’s results.

Observing the analytics shared by NTA for CUET UG 2024 results that were announced on July 28, the state with the highest number of applicants is Uttar Pradesh. Last year, 3,47,736 students registered for the exam, and 2,96,858 students appeared for the CUET UG admissions. Following Uttar Pradesh, Delhi has the second-most applicants with 1,56,412 registered students and 1,37,145 appeared students.

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The states having low applications are Lakshadweep, with just 16 students registering for the exam and only eight appearing for it. Daman and Diu is the second most union territory where the number of applications is low, that is just 100 applicants and 79 appearing for the same. Here is the list of other states:

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CUET (UG) 2024 – State-wise Registered and Appeared Candidates

State	Registered	Appeared
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	622	512
Andhra Pradesh	10037	7195
Arunachal Pradesh	6764	5616
Assam	48536	38186
Bihar	99835	84999
Chandigarh	4237	3193
Chhattisgarh	26375	21707
Dadra And Nagar Haveli	250	195
Daman And Diu	100	79
Delhi	156412	137145
Goa	376	241
Gujarat	6822	4695
Haryana	59490	48245
Himachal Pradesh	13673	10613
Jammu & Kashmir	57544	52681
Jharkhand	90568	78038
Karnataka	8478	557
Kerala	51497	37055
Lakshadweep	16	8
Madhya Pradesh	76962	62691
Maharashtra	17417	12071
Manipur	4181	3247
Meghalaya	15981	14389
Mizoram	1589	998
Nagaland	3251	2238
Odisha	20982	16611
Puducherry	2614	2134
Punjab	13288	9836
Rajasthan	82181	65832
Sikkim	1293	920
Tamilnadu	25392	16410
Telangana	14315	10469
Tripura	5270	4249
Uttar Pradesh	347736	296858
Uttarakhand	35902	30807
West Bengal	35907	26202
Ladakh	1487	1271
Outside India	530	387
Total	1347820	1113610

Meanwhile, NTA had already released the provisional answer keys on June 17 and allowed the candidates to raise grievances against them by June 20.

This year, the CUET UG exam pattern has been revised, and changes were introduced in exam duration, mode of examination, and number of subjects. The exam was held in CBT mode with three sections. Section 1 comprised 13 languages, while sections 2 and 3 included 23 domain subjects and the general aptitude test, respectively.