Nagpur: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on Friday, November 6, declared the results of the CA Foundation Examination conducted in September 2026, with 19,736 candidates qualifying out of 1,04,240 examinees, registering an overall pass percentage of 18.93%.
According to the result analysis released by ICAI, a total of 53,398 male candidates appeared for the examination, of whom 10,931 cleared it, recording a pass percentage of 20.47%. Among female candidates, 8,805 out of 50,842 examinees qualified, translating into a pass percentage of 17.32%.
The examination witnessed participation from candidates across the country, with the September 2026 Foundation test conducted at 580 examination centres.
Five candidates share top three All-India ranks
The merit list featured five candidates sharing the top three All-India ranks, with two candidates jointly securing the first and second positions.
Kansika from Hisar and Mahek Gupta from Hyderabad jointly secured the All-India First Rank, scoring 361 marks out of 400, with an impressive 90.25%.
Sparsh Khandelwal of Ajmer and J Jayanth of Chennai jointly bagged the Second Rank, securing 359 marks each and achieving 89.75%.
Vaibhavi Singhal from Gwalior secured the Third Rank with 358 marks, obtaining 89.50%.
Congratulating the successful candidates, CA Prasanna Kumar D, President of ICAI, said their achievement reflected hard work, perseverance and the valuable guidance provided by parents and teachers.
He emphasised that education should ultimately contribute to society and the nation’s development, while future Chartered Accountants would have an important responsibility in maintaining public trust, ensuring transparency and supporting India’s economic progress.
The ICAI President urged the candidates to uphold these professional values and make meaningful contributions towards nation-building as they advance in their careers.
Results available online
ICAI has made the results and marks details available on its official examination result portal, https://caresults.icai.org/.
Candidates can access their results by entering their registration number along with their roll number.
The September 2026 CA Foundation Examination witnessed a total of 1,17,458 candidates appearing across 580 centres, according to ICAI. The gender-wise result analysis, however, covered 1,04,240 candidates.
