How Many Students Appeared for MH CET Law?

MH CET Law is a major law entrance exam in Maharashtra for 5 year and 3 year LLB programs, conducted by State CET Cell. Candidates who wants to get enrolled in law programmes in future can check MH CET Law student participation data, registration numbers, attendance rates and CAP round details. 

How many students appeared for MHCET Law?

MH CET Law is biggest law entrance exam in India after CLAT exam. It is conducted by State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra, to grant admission to law colleges across state through Centralised Admission Process. MH CET Law gets conducted in two phases, one for 5 year LLB programme and one for 3 year LLB programme.
Because of huge number of applicants, level of competition for both courses is very high. Across Maharashtra, there are around 11,000 seats available for 5 year LLB course and approximately 16,000 seats for 3 year LLB course. For 5 year LLB, roughly 3 students compete for single seat and for 3 year LLB around 4 to 5 candidates fight for one seat.
With admission season now reaching its final stage, State CET Cell has officially released the CAP Round 3 seat allotment result for the 5 year LLB programme. Candidates allotted seats in this round can check their status online and proceed with college reporting. Meanwhile, CAP Round 3 seat allotment for the 3 year LLB course will be out very soon. 
To get more details on how many students registered and appeared for both exams in 2026, check below.

MH CET 5 Year LLB 2026: Student Participation

MH CET 5 Year LLB 2026 exam was conducted on May 8, 2026, in two sessions across 120 centres in 36 districts of Maharashtra.
Total 37,140 candidates registered for MH CET 5 Year LLB 2026 exam. 29,288 candidates appeared for giving MH CET 5 Year exam. This makes overall attendance rate 78.85 per cent. 21 per cent of registered candidates were absent on exam day.

Session Wise Participation (5 Year LLB 2026)

Also Read: MH CET Law 3 Year LLB Colleges List 2026

Gender Wise Participation (5 Year LLB 2026)

This exam had higher number of female candidates than male candidates this year. To see full gender wise participation, see below

MH CET 3 Year LLB 2026: Student Participation

3 Year LLB course is for graduates who want to pursue law after their bachelor degree. This exam conducts in even bigger scale than MH CET 5 Year LLB exam.
Total of 83,487 candidates registered for MH CET Law 3 year LLB exam in 2026 and 69,473 appeared, resulting in 83.21 per cent attendance. MH CET law exam was conducted in computer based mode across 4 sessions on April 1 and April 2, 2026. Exam was conducted in 156 centres in 36 districts of Maharashtra.

Gender & State-Wise Breakup (3 Year LLB 2026)

This exam had higher number of  male candidates. To see full gender wise participation, see below

Comparative Analysis: MH CET Law Participation Over the Years

MH CET 5 Year LLB 

Check previous year’s MH CET 5 Year LLB data below

MH CET 3 Year LLB 

Check previous year’s MH CET 3 Year LLB data below

Once the exam is over and MH CET Law results are announced, actual admission journey begins through Centralised Admission Process, commonly known as CAP rounds. This is an online single-window counselling system managed by State CET Cell. 
Instead of applying to individual colleges one by one, every qualified student must register on official CAP portal, upload their academic and category documents for e-verification, and submit an option form listing their preferred law colleges in order of choice.
After candidate forms and documents are verified, CET Cell conducts multiple counselling rounds and releases college allotment lists based on test scores, category reservations, and candidate preferences.
If you get your dream college in one round, you can freeze your seat, pay seat acceptance fee online, and report to institute to confirm admission. If you want to try for a better college choice in the next round, you can choose betterment option.
Also Read: MH CET Law 5 Year LLB colleges list 2026