If you sat the Delhi Police Constable exam this year, you were one of an almost unbelievable number of applicants — and the result reveals just how selective this recruitment cycle actually was.
What This Recruitment Actually Is
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts recruitment for Delhi Police Constable (Executive) posts, covering both male and female candidates (Adda247). This cycle's Computer-Based Test (CBT) — the first stage of the selection process — ran from December 18, 2025, to January 6, 2026 (Adda247; Testbook; CareerPower).
The Scale: Just How Many People Applied
The numbers here are genuinely staggering. A total of 27,25,888 candidates — over 2.7 million people — appeared for the CBT exam (Adda247; onlineresult.in; CareerPower). This recruitment drive aimed to fill either 7,201 or 7,565 vacancies for Constable (Executive) posts across male and female categories — sources report slightly different totals (onlineresult.in; CareerPower), so it's worth confirming the exact final vacancy count against the official notification if you're tracking your own odds precisely.
Out of that enormous applicant pool, only 66,076 candidates were shortlisted for the next stage (onlineresult.in) — a pass rate so low that one report put it starkly: just 2.42% of candidates passed, while 97.58% did not (MSN). That's an extraordinarily competitive filter, even by the standards of India's already-crowded government exam landscape.
The Result: When It Came Out and What It Shows
SSC declared the Delhi Police Constable CBT Result on June 19, 2026 (onlineresult.in; Testbook). The shortlisted pool breaks down by gender: reports cite either 43,841 or 43,481 male candidates shortlisted, alongside 22,235 female candidates (onlineresult.in) — the slight discrepancy in the male figure across sources is worth noting if you're doing your own detailed count, though the female figure (22,235) is consistent across reporting.
A detailed category-wise breakdown for one portion of the selected candidates shows the following: among List 1 Male (Open) candidates, Unreserved (UR) had 3,751 selected, EWS 6,941, SC 13,611, ST 9,945, and OBC 4,311, totaling 38,559 (onlineresult.in; CareerPower). Separate smaller lists cover List 2 Male (Ex-Servicemen, or ESM) at 2,186 total, and Male-ESM Commando positions at 3,096 (onlineresult.in).
How to Check Your Own Result
The result was published in PDF format on the official SSC website, ssc.gov.in — but there's an important detail worth knowing about what's actually in that document. The result PDF lists only the roll numbers of candidates who passed the written exam and were shortlisted for the next stage (Testbook; MSN). It doesn't show your marks or a percentile — just whether your roll number appears on the shortlist. Results are released separately for male and female candidates (CareerPower), so make sure you're checking the correct document for your category. A separate scorecard, with your actual marks, is expected to be released at a later date (Adda247).
What Happens Next
Clearing the CBT is only the first of several stages. Candidates who qualify move on to the Physical Endurance Test (PET) and Physical Measurement Test (PMT), followed by Document Verification and a Medical Examination (Adda247; Testbook; CareerPower). As of the result announcement, the specific PET/PMT schedule hadn't yet been announced (sarkariinaukri) — candidates are advised to check the official SSC website regularly for updates on when that stage begins (sarkariinaukri).
What This Means If You've Been Shortlisted
Given how brutally competitive this filter already was — clearing a stage that only 2.42% of over 2.7 million applicants passed — it's worth taking the next stage just as seriously rather than assuming the hardest part is behind you. Physical Endurance and Measurement Tests have their own separate cut-offs and requirements distinct from your written exam performance; a strong CBT score doesn't automatically carry over into PET/PMT readiness. Start physical preparation now rather than waiting for the official PET/PMT date to be announced, and keep checking ssc.gov.in directly, since that's the only place the next stage's schedule and your eventual scorecard will actually be published.