UPSC Mains Result 2026 Out: 2,526 Candidates Qualify for the Interview

UPSC declared the result of the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2026 on 5 November 2026. The written exam ran from 21 to 30 August 2026. 2,526 candidates have qualified for the Personality Test (interview), the last stage of CSE 2026.

Download the result PDF

UPSC has put up two lists of the same 2,526 candidates:

• Roll number list (PDF, upsc.gov.in), roll numbers in ascending order
• Roll number and name list (PDF, upsc.gov.in)

Open either file and search for your roll number: Ctrl+F on a computer, or the search option in your phone's PDF viewer. The lists carry no marks. UPSC uploads every candidate's marks within 15 days of the final result, and they stay online for 30 days.

CSE 2026 in numbers

• 1,016 notified vacancies
• 13,343 candidates qualified the prelims (24 May 2026) for the mains
• 2,526 qualified the mains for the interview, about 2.5 for every vacancy

For comparison, 2,736 candidates were called for the CSE 2025 interview, and UPSC recommended 958 in its final result on 6 March 2026.

What to do now

1. Update and submit your application: 11 to 25 November

Every candidate on the list must log in at upsconline.nic.in and submit the online application form between 11 November and 25 November 2026, 6:00 pm. If you miss it, UPSC will not issue your e-summon letter.

• Still "appearing" when you applied? If you marked your degree as appearing at the prelims stage, update it and upload proof that you passed. Without it, your candidature is cancelled.
• Update what applies to you: postal address, higher education, achievements, job and service experience, any service allotted in an earlier CSE, marital status, the OBC/EWS annexure, service preference, home cadre, the socio-economic questionnaire and your Pratibha Setu disclosure.
• Nothing to change? You still have to log in, check the details and submit.

When the form goes through, UPSC sends a unique reference number to your registered email and mobile. There is no separate DAF-II to fill: the CSE 2026 notice does not use that term. Your details are part of the online application itself, and this window is when you update them. Our guide to service preference and the DAF explains how your preference order is used.

2. Keep your original certificates ready

Your candidature is provisional until UPSC checks your eligibility. At the interview you must show originals for age, educational qualification, community, EWS, PwBD and any other claim, along with the TA form. Certificates for SC, ST, OBC, EWS, PwBD or ex-servicemen benefits must have been issued by 27 February 2026, the closing date of the CSE 2026 prelims application.

3. Watch for the interview schedule and e-summon letter

UPSC has not announced the interview dates yet. It will publish the schedule on its website, and the interviews will be held at its office, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069.

• E-summon letters will be on upsc.gov.in and upsconline.nic.in. UPSC will not post paper letters.
• If you cannot download yours, contact UPSC straight away: 011-40303444 or 011-24041001, or csm-upsc@nic.in.
• Requests to change your interview date or time are not ordinarily accepted.

4. Fill in DoPT's attestation form

Every qualified candidate must also submit an attestation form online to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) at cseplus.dopt.gov.in. It opens on the first day of the interviews and closes when they end. Questions go to DoPT at doais1@nic.in or usais-dopt@nic.in, or 011-24010454 / 011-24010413.

5. Changed your address or phone number?

Write to csm-upsc@nic.in within seven days of the 5 November notice. Address and contact details are the only things UPSC will change now.

For a plan for the weeks up to the interview, and what to do if you missed the list, read UPSC Mains 2026 Result Out: What to Do Next.

Mains cut-off: last year's figures

UPSC releases the CSE 2026 cut-offs only after the final result. For reference, these were the CSE 2025 mains cut-offs, out of 1,750, from UPSC's cut-off notice of 9 March 2026:

• General: 739
• EWS: 706
• OBC: 717
• SC: 700
• ST: 694
• PwBD-1: 703, PwBD-2: 708, PwBD-3: 536, PwBD-5: 451

Every year since CSE 2015 is on our mains and final cut-off page.

How the final merit list is drawn up

The interview carries 275 marks. Added to the 1,750 marks of the seven mains papers that count, it makes a total of 2,025, and the final merit list is drawn up on that total. Our guides to the UPSC interview and to how UPSC announces its results cover what comes next.

Source: UPSC notice of 5 November 2026 on the written result of the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2026.