Students can now access the TNDGE Class 12 results 2026 from the official board websites tnresults.nic.in and dge.tn.gov.in. (Representative Image/AI)
TNDGE TN Board 12th Result 2026 Released: The Directorate of Government Examination, Tamil Nadu (TNDGE) has announced the Class 12 board exam results today, on May 8, 2026. Students can now access the TNDGE Class 12 results 2026 from the official board websites tnresults.nic.in and dge.tn.gov.in. This year, 95.20% students have passed their +2 exams, with girls scoring 97% and boys getting 93.19%.
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Releasing the results, the School Education Department officials announced that Erode district registered the highest pass percentage of 98.87, followed by Sivaganga district with 98.05 per cent. However, capital Chennai figured low on the ranking at the 20th position with 95.43 pass percentage.
This year, the girls outshine the boys by securing a pass percentage of 97, while the boys secure only 93.19 per cent.
Of the 7,536 higher secondary schools, the officials said that a total of 2,639 private schools and 489 government schools have secured 100 per cent pass percentage.
Accordingly, of 7,91,654 students who took the exams, as many as 7,53,694 have secured passing marks in the exams. The overall pass percentage of the Science stream was 96.90, while Commerce group students secured 92.67 per cent.
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To check their results students will need to visit either of the two official websites at tnresults.nic.in or dge.tn.gov.in. Find the tab that reads ‘Plus Two results 2026’ and enter the required login credentials. Once you submit, the result will be displayed on your screen. Students can then save the result for future reference.
The Plus Two exams were held at 3412 locations across the state from March 2 to March 26, 2026. The exams started with the language papers, which included Tamil. Up to 8,27,475 students were expected to sit for the Higher Secondary exams, comprising of 27,783 private applicants and 7.99 lakh regular candidates.
The Class 12 supplementary exams will be necessary for those who fail their exams. The exam’s specifics will be announced shortly. The TNDGE Class 12 supplementary exams took place from June 25 to July 2 last year. The result for the same was declared on July 25, 2025.
The state government had deployed thousands of officials at numerous locations to ensure seamless operations during the exam. For the Class 12 board exams, there were 4,540 chief superintendents and 44,624 invigilators. Special accommodations were made for students who required scribes. A total of 7,465 scribes were assigned to Plus Two applicants.
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Last year, overall, 95.03 percent of students passed the Plus Two exams. The results were released by TNDGE on May 8, 2025. Exams took place between March 2 and March 25. Up to 7,92,494 pupils took the Plus Two exams, and 7,53,142 of them passed.
In 2024, the pass percentage was recorded at 94.56 per cent. The result was declared on May 6, 2024. A total of 7,60,606 students had taken the Tamil Nadu Board exams and 7,19,196 of them had successfully cleared the examination.
