CA Inter Pass Percentage: May 2026 Results and Your Route

The ICAI result for the May 2026 sitting, declared on 24 June 2026, gives 10.25% for Group I, 16.11% for Group II and 8.47% for candidates who sat both groups together. Pass percentage here means candidates passed divided by candidates who appeared. Group I and Group II are the two sets of three papers that make up CA Inter, each worth 300 marks.

Each cell shows candidates passed out of candidates who appeared. May 2024 is shown for contrast; the pooled figures below use the three latest sittings only. The September 2025 result was declared on 3 November 2025 and the January 2026 result on 8 March 2026. As of 10 October 2026, the result of the September 2026 sitting is still to come, and the table will gain a row when ICAI announces it.

Read the swings with care. Group II went from 27.14% in September 2025 to 15.54% in January 2026, and Group I went from 27.15% in May 2024 to 9.43% in September 2025. Large moves between sittings are normal, so no single figure is a promise or a threat for your attempt.

Candidates who sit both groups together pass rarely because all six papers must clear 40 marks at one sitting, and one weak paper in either group fails the whole route. In the three latest sittings, 89.9% to 91.5% of them did not clear both.

The counts, which are our subtractions from the ICAI figures above: in May 2026, 30,484 of 33,304 did not (91.5%); in January 2026, 37,874 of 41,798 (90.6%); in September 2025, 32,735 of 36,398 (89.9%).

Here is the comparison across the three latest sittings. We added the appeared and passed counts from the ICAI announcements for September 2025, January 2026 and May 2026, then divided passed by appeared:

These pooled pass percentages are our calculation, not an ICAI figure. They describe everyone who sat, first-timers and repeaters alike, and candidates choose their own route, so they do not prove that one route would have worked better for any given person. They do show where the passes actually happened: Group II was cleared about 1.7 times as often as Group I (19.70% against 11.34%), and the combined route was the hardest.

If you are comparing this with the first level of the course, the CA Foundation pass percentage page sets out those results and the marks needed to be among the passes.

You need at least 40 out of 100 in every paper and at least 50% of the aggregate, meaning the total marks across the group's papers, which is 150 out of 300. ICAI's FAQ on the new scheme sets out two ways to be declared passed in both groups at one sitting.

1. Group by group: 40% in each paper and 50% of the aggregate of each group (150 out of 300 in each).
2. Both groups taken together: 40% in each paper of both groups and 50% of the aggregate of all six papers (300 out of 600).

The second route lets a strong group carry a weaker one, as long as no paper is under 40. Under the same FAQ, a candidate who passes only one group is declared passed in that group and can pass the other at a later sitting.

What a 60 earns you. If you appear in all the papers of a group, fail the group, but score 60 or more in a paper, that paper is exempt for the next three examinations. You then need 40 in each remaining paper and 50% of the aggregate including the exempt paper. After three attempts you may keep the exemption permanently, but you then need 50 marks in each remaining paper of that group.

Sit both groups only if the lowest of your last three full-length mock scores in every one of the six papers is 50 or higher. Otherwise take one group. The test below uses your own mocks, from any source, and takes about ten minutes.

The mock-score test (our recommendation):

1. Write down your last three full-length, timed mock scores for each paper, out of 100.
2. Take the lowest of the three for each paper. 50 or above is a pass; 40 to 49 is at risk; below 40 is a fail.
3. Count passes, at-risk and fails separately for Group I and Group II.
4. Choose your route using the table.

We set the bar at 50, not the official 40, because a paper that sits at 40 to 49 in practice can drop under 40 on one unlucky question set, and one such paper fails the whole group.

Why the bar is higher for six papers. Suppose you have the same chance of clearing the 40 floor in each paper, and papers are independent. This is our illustrative model, not an ICAI figure, and it ignores the 50% aggregate, so real odds are lower.

The working is the per-paper chance multiplied across papers: 0.9 × 0.9 × 0.9 = 72.9% for three, and 0.9 to the sixth power = 53.1% for six. A candidate who is 90% safe on each paper has a coin-flip chance of clearing six of them together.

Once the test points to a route, the guide to CA online classes by level and attempt helps you match classes to the group and attempt you have chosen.

Apply for verification of marks within one month of the result being declared, using your dashboard on the ICAI Self Service Portal. Verification is a check, not a re-marking. ICAI's FAQ on verification of marks says revaluation of answer books is not permitted under the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.

Verification, under Regulation 39(4), covers:

• whether the answer book compilation is complete
• whether any question or part of a question was left unvalued
• whether there is a totalling error in a question or on the cover page
• whether the marks for each question match the cover page
• whether the handwriting is the same in all the answer books

As of 10 October 2026, ICAI's verification FAQ lists ₹100 per paper, up to ₹400 for all papers of a group or both groups; confirm the current fee on the portal when you apply. ICAI refunds the fee automatically if the marks change. Only one verification application per roll number is accepted online, so decide which papers to include before you submit.

The outcome can be no change, an increase that changes your result or exemption, an increase that does not, or a decrease. Apply when a total looks wrong or a paper you answered well scored oddly low, not as a lottery ticket. Applying for certified copies of your answer books triggers the same verification check automatically, so a separate application is not needed.

If the verification outcome has not reached you 15 days before the next examination begins, ICAI's FAQ says to email the Intermediate exam helpline ([email protected]). You may submit the form for the next examination while you wait.

We teach CA Intermediate coaching in Bangalore from our Jayanagar centre. All classes are recorded and available on our learning portal, and students can attend doubt-clearing sessions. Our guide to how live CA classes with recordings should work sets out what to look for in any provider. If the mock-score test shows a paper at risk, that is the paper to take to a doubt-clearing session first, and a CA Intermediate revision batch in Bangalore suits the weeks before an attempt.

Fees depend on the batch, so ask us for the current figure. Call us on +91 8073702708 for career counselling on one group or both, or reach us through our contact page.