By Rahul Choudhary · Founder, IndiaSchool AI Pvt Ltd
ICAI declared the results on 22 October 2026. Here is what the numbers say, how to check your scorecard, and what to do in the next few days whichever way yours went.
ICAI's announcements page lists the CA Intermediate September 2026 results as declared on 22 October 2026. The pass-rate figures below are the ones three separate education sites reported, and they agree with each other.
| Candidates | Sept 2026 (passed / appeared) | Sept 2026 pass % | May 2026 pass % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group I only | 23,210 / 100,301 | 23.14% | 10.25% |
| Group II only | 12,938 / 68,400 | 18.92% | 16.11% |
| Both groups | 5,066 / 38,339 | 13.21% | 8.47% |
Pass rates rose in all three categories compared with May 2026, most sharply in Group I, which more than doubled from 10.25% to 23.14%. Even so, fewer than one in four Group I candidates and about one in eight both-group candidates cleared. If your result was not what you hoped, you were in the large majority.
The joint all-India first rank went to two candidates on 502 of 600 (83.67%), with ranks two and three at 492 (82%) and 490 (81.67%), according to the toppers lists the same sites published.
Use only the official portal, and do not enter your details on look-alike sites that promise early or "direct link" results.
If you passed a group, the next question is the other group. ICAI has already announced the January 2027 schedule: Intermediate Group I on 2, 4 and 6 January and Group II on 8, 10 and 12 January. Exam forms were reported to open on 3 November, but that date comes from media reports of ICAI's Important Dates notice, which we could not open directly. Confirm it on eservices.icai.org before you plan around it.
If you missed by a few marks, read the passing criteria and exemption rules first: ICAI requires 40% in every paper and 50% in the group aggregate. Whether ICAI opens a verification or certified-copy window for this sitting has not been announced in anything we verified, so watch icai.org rather than relying on a forum post.
If you need another attempt, use the weeks before January to practise the way the paper is actually marked: 70 descriptive marks that reward working and section citations, and 30 case-study MCQ marks with no negative marking. Our guide to which CA papers are MCQ and which are descriptive covers the split.
As of 23 October 2026, ICAI's announcements page lists only the Intermediate result. Media reports expect the Foundation result around 23 to 26 October, but that is an estimate, not an ICAI notice. When ICAI publishes it, it will appear on caresults.icai.org.
Sources: the declaration date comes from ICAI's announcements page (icai.org). Pass-rate and topper figures were cross-checked across Careers360, PrepCA and ArivuPro, and the May 2026 comparison across Careers360 and Physics Wallah. These are media transcriptions, not an ICAI press release; one outlet also quoted a different ICAI total passed that we could not reconcile with the table above. The January 2027 form dates come from CAclubindia, Careers360 and CAexams, not from ICAI's own PDF, which we could not open. CA Grader is not affiliated with ICAI. Verify against icai.org and caresults.icai.org before relying on any of this for an exam-day or form decision.
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