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

The UPSC Mains Result 2026 is out. The Union Public Service Commission declared it on 5 November 2026, and 2,526 candidates have qualified for the Personality Test, the interview round that decides the final merit list. The result is a PDF on upsc.gov.in with roll numbers and names, and no login is needed to open it.

If your roll number is in it, your first job is a form. The DAF-II window runs 11 to 25 November, and UPSC will not issue an e-summon letter to anyone who misses it. Interview prep can wait a day. The form cannot.

UPSC Mains Result 2026 at a glance

2,526 names against 933 posts

The notice lists 2,526 roll numbers with names, from the first entry to the last. Those candidates now go to the Personality Test for the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Foreign Service, the Indian Police Service and other Central Services in Group A and Group B.

Against 933 notified vacancies, that is about 2.7 interview calls per post. The written examination carried 1,750 marks and the Personality Test carries 275, so the final merit rests on 2,025 marks in all.

One line in the notice matters more than the count. Every candidature is provisional. Candidates have to produce original certificates for age, education, community, EWS and PwBD claims at the interview, and candidates must hold reservation certificates issued by the closing date of the Prelims application, 27 February 2026. A roll number in the PDF is a call to the interview, not a selection.

The DAF-II form is the real deadline

UPSC opens the form on upsconline.nic.in on 11 November 2026 and closes it on 25 November 2026 at 6:00 PM. The notice uses the word online only, and it is blunt about what happens if you miss it. No correspondence will be entertained, and no e-summon letter will be issued.

Candidates who had marked their educational qualification as appearing in the Prelims form, and have now qualified, must fill in their final qualification status and upload proof of passing. Without that, the notice says candidature will stand cancelled.

Others have to update whatever applies to them: correspondence and permanent address, higher educational qualification, achievements, employment details, service experience, service allocated in an earlier examination if any, marital status, PwBD recommendation details, parental details, debarment information, earlier examination details, attempt information, OBC and EWS annexures, the socio-economic questionnaire, service preference, home cadre, and disclosure details on the Pratibha Setu portal.

Here is the part candidates usually miss. Even if you uploaded everything earlier and have nothing to update, you still have to log in, verify the details and finally submit. The notice says so in plain words. Skipping that step has the same result as missing the window: no e-summon letter.

Submit it early in the window. The portal gets slow in the last two days of every UPSC window, and the 6:00 PM cut-off on 25 November is a hard stop, not a soft one.

How to check the UPSC Mains Result 2026

Open upsc.gov.in and look under What is New on the homepage, or go to Examination and then Written Results. Find the link titled Written Result: Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2026. The PDF opens in the browser. Press Ctrl and F on a computer, or use find in the PDF on a phone, and type your roll number or your name.

Save a copy of the PDF on your phone and on a computer. The list is long, and you will want it again when the interview schedule comes out.

Check only upsc.gov.in. Forwarded PDFs and screenshots in chat groups are easy to fake, and a wrong list costs more than the two minutes the official site takes.

What happens after the result

The Personality Tests will be held at the office of the Commission at Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi. UPSC has not announced the interview dates yet. UPSC will notify the schedule in due course, and UPSC will put the e-summon letters on upsc.gov.in and upsconline.nic.in.

UPSC will send no paper summon letter. If you cannot download your e-summon letter when it is issued, the notice asks you to contact the Commission at once, by letter, on 011 40303444 or 011 24041001, or by email at [email protected]. Requests to change the date and time of an interview are ordinarily not entertained.

Qualified candidates also have to fill the Attestation Form online on the Department of Personnel and Training portal, at cseplus.dopt.gov.in, from the date the interviews begin till they end. For questions on that form, DoPT lists the email IDs [email protected] and [email protected], and the phone numbers 011 24010454 and 011 24010413.

The final result comes after the interviews. The Commission will upload marksheets of all candidates within 15 days of the final result, and they will stay on the website for 30 days.

The CAT 2026 admit card is also live this week, with the exam on 29 November, so if you are tracking more than one exam, that post has the download steps. The latest exam admit cards page lists the other admit cards and city slips that are out right now.

If your name is on the list, open upsconline.nic.in on 11 November and get the form done early in the window. The interview can wait. The form has a clock on it.

Sources & verification: Union Public Service Commission, Notice dated 5 November 2026, Civil Services (Main) Examination 2026 written result, read 6 November 2026. The result date, the 2,526 qualified candidates, the DAF-II window, the interview venue, the e-summon letter rules and the attestation form details are from that notice. The 933 vacancies are the notified figure for CSE 2026. Check only upsc.gov.in.