The West Bengal Medical Counselling Committee (WBMCC) has released the seat matrix and the provisional list of eligible candidates for the Online Stray Vacancy Round of West Bengal UG Medical and Dental Counselling 2026. With thousands of candidates chasing a few hundred seats, competition is expected to be intense.

Key Highlights

• Candidates: The provisional list, dated October 17, 2026, has 4,045 eligible candidates across 70 pages.
• Rank range: Candidates run from AIR 5,873 to AIR 11,94,604.
• Categories: The list includes General, OBC, SC and ST candidates.
• Candidate types: Each candidate is tagged “State Quota” or “Private Management Only”, which shows which seat pool they can choose from.
• Seats: The matrix, printed on October 16, 2026, has 23 seat entries and about 296 seats in total.
• Competition: That works out to roughly 14 candidates for every vacant seat.

Seat Matrix Breakdown

• Private management quota (MBBS): About 267 seats, which is most of the vacancies.
  • Raniganj Institute of Medical Science: 94
  • Jakir Hosain Medical College & Research Institute: 57
  • Krishnanagar Institute of Medical Science: 41
  • SKS Medical College: 32
  • Santiniketan Medical College: 13
  • PKG Medical College & Hospital: 10
  • KPC Medical College and Jagannath Gupta Institute: 7 each
  • ICARE Institute: 3
  • Gouri Devi Institute: 2
  • Jagannath Gupta Institute (North Kolkata): 1
• State quota: About 29 seats in total.
  • BDS (dental), about 20 seats:
    • North Bengal Dental College: 10
    • Burdwan Dental College and Hospital: 6
    • Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College and Hospital, Kolkata: 2
    • Kusum Devi Sunderlal Dugar Jain Dental College: 1
    • Sanaka Institute of Dental Sciences: 1
  • MBBS, about 9 seats:
    • Tamralipta Government Medical College and Hospital: 2
    • Raniganj Institute of Medical Science: 2
    • Calcutta National Medical College: 1
    • College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital: 1
    • IQ City Medical College: 1
    • KPC Medical College: 1
    • SKS Medical College: 1

What It Means for Candidates

• The 29 state quota seats are likely to go to candidates with the best ranks and reservation advantages.
• Most candidates will have to rely on private management quota seats.
• Candidates should check the official WBMCC notice for the choice-filling schedule and deadlines, which are not given in the documents