GM seats — BDS (NEET, Karnataka) 2026 Round 1
General Merit. 277 seats across 39 colleges, from KEA's published matrix.
In short
KEA published 277 GM seats across 39 colleges and 39 course rows in the BDS (NEET, Karnataka) 2026 Round 1 matrix — 10.2% of its 2,729 seats. GM is General Merit. What GM category means.
These are not the only seats you can be allotted.
General Merit is a merit-open column, not a category column: a candidate from any category is allotted a GM seat if their rank reaches it, which is why GM closing ranks are the tightest figures on this site. So a college showing no GM seats is not closed to a GM candidate. Read this page as “where seats are reserved in this column”, not as a list of your only options.
Colleges holding GM seats
| College | KEA code | GM seats | Courses carrying them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government Dental College,Bangalore. | D101 | 17 | BDS (17) |
| Bapuji Dental College, Davangere. | D661 | 13 | BDS (13) |
| College of Dental Sciences, Davangere. | D662 | 13 | BDS (13) |
| M.R. Ambedkar Dental College, Bangalore. | D102 | 13 | BDS (13) |
| S.D.M. Dental College, Dharwad. | D337 | 13 | BDS (13) |
| Sharavati Dental College, Shimoga | D663 | 13 | BDS (13) |
| Vokkaligara Sanga Dental College, Bangalore. | D103 | 13 | BDS (13) |
| PM Nadagowda Dental College, Bagalkot. | D336 | 12 | BDS (12) |
| Sri.Rajiv Gandhi Dental College, Bangalore. | D113 | 12 | BDS (12) |
| K.V.G.Dental College, Sullia | D555 | 11 | BDS (11) |
| Oxford Dental College, Bangalore. | D112 | 9 | BDS (9) |
| Rajarajeshwari Dental College, Bangalore. | D114 | 9 | BDS (9) |
| Subbaiah Institute of Dental Sciences, Shimoga D | D665 | 9 | BDS (9) |
| A.J. Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore. | D556 | 8 | BDS (8) |
| Bangalore | D104 | 8 | BDS (8) |
| S.J.M Dental college, Chitradurga | D664 | 8 | BDS (8) |
| Srinivas Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore | D557 | 8 | BDS (8) |
| K.L.E Dental College Bangalore. | D119 | 7 | BDS (7) |
| Dayananada Sagar Dental College, Bangalore | D111 | 6 | BDS (6) |
| Krishnadevaraya College of Dental Sciences, Bangalore. | D116 | 6 | BDS (6) |
| Maratha Mandal Dental College, Belgaum. | D335 | 6 | BDS (6) |
| Bangalore Institute of Dental Sciences, Bangalore. | D118 | 5 | BDS (5) |
| BGS Global Institute of Dental Sciences and D Hospital, Bangalore | D673 | 5 | BDS (5) |
| D.A Pandu Memorial RV Dental College, Bangalore | D115 | 5 | BDS (5) |
| Government Dental College,Bellary | D448 | 5 | BDS (5) |
| N.S.V.K. Sri.Venkateshwara Dental College, Bangalore | D120 | 5 | BDS (5) |
| Farooquia Dental College & Hospital, Mysrore | D224 | 4 | BDS (4) |
| HKE Society's S. Nijalingappa Dental College, Gulbarga. | D442 | 4 | BDS (4) |
| KGF Dental College K.G.F | D121 | 4 | BDS (4) |
| Sri.Hasanamba Dental College, Hassan. | D225 | 4 | BDS (4) |
| Al-Ameen Dental College, Bijapur. | D333 | 3 | BDS (3) |
| AME's Dental College, Raichur. | D446 | 3 | BDS (3) |
| Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences, Virajpet. | D551 | 3 | BDS (3) |
| Vydehi Institute of Dental Sciences, Bangalore. | D122 | 3 | BDS (3) |
| Al-Badar Rural Dental College & Hospital, Gulbarga. | D443 | 2 | BDS (2) |
| Employees State Insurance Corporation Dental D College, Gulbarga | D666 | 2 | BDS (2) |
| HKDET Dental College, Humnabad | D444 | 2 | BDS (2) |
| Navodaya Dental College, Raichur. | D447 | 2 | BDS (2) |
| S.B. Patil Dental College, Bidar. | D445 | 2 | BDS (2) |
Source: KEA — Dental (BDS) Provisional Seat Matrix 2026, published 07-08-2026. The published PDF. A seat matrix is only true about the moment it was published.
Other categories in this matrix
- GMP (371)
- 2AG (83)
- GMH (79)
- GMR (52)
- S2G (30)
- S1G (29)
- 3BG (28)
- 1G (23)
- 2BG (23)
- 3AG (22)
- S3G (19)
- STG (17)
- GMK (17)
- 2AR (16)
- GMRH (15)
Columns held by fewer than 10 colleges, and columns whose meaning KEA’s own abbreviations table does not state, have no page of their own — their totals are still on the full BDS (NEET, Karnataka) matrix.