NEW DELHI: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has declared the Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2026 results, with 13,343 candidates qualifying for the next stage, the Main Examination, news agency PTI reported. The exam was held on May 24 against 1,016 notified vacancies.This year’s number of qualifiers is slightly lower than last year, when 14,161 candidates cleared the prelims against 1,087 vacancies. The Civil Services Examination is conducted annually in three stages—prelims, mains and interview/personality test—to recruit officers for services such as the IAS, IFS and IPS.Qualified candidates will now be required to complete mandatory online formalities, including fee payment (where applicable), updating personal and assistive details, selecting cadre preferences, and submitting the application for the mains exam. The window for these updates will be open on the UPSC portal from June 19 to June 28.The Commission has warned that failure to complete these steps within the stipulated timeframe will result in disqualification from further stages of the examination. Even candidates with no updates are required to log in and reconfirm their details to generate their e-admit card.UPSC also said that marks, cut-off scores and answer keys will be released only after the completion of the entire Civil Services and Indian Forest Service examination cycle and the declaration of final results.Candidates seeking clarification can contact the UPSC call centre between 9 am and 8 pm on the helpline numbers provided by the Commission.