MPPSC State Service Admit Card 2026: Prelims, Mains, Login

Both admit cards for MPPSC State Service Exam 2026 have been issued: the Prelims admit card was scheduled for 16 April 2026 for the 26 April 2026 exam, and the Mains admit card was due online from 28 August 2026 (29 August in the notice's summary table) for the Mains of 7 to 12 September 2026. The next call letter in this cycle is the interview call letter, which comes only after the Mains result. Admit cards are downloaded from MPOnline; they are not sent by post.

Is the MPPSC SSE 2026 admit card still available?

The Prelims and Mains login pages are still linked from the SSE 2026 advertisement page on mppsc.mp.gov.in. Note that the Mains notice of 24 May 2026 gives 28 August 2026 in its instructions but 29 August 2026 in its summary table. For the 156 posts (140 main part plus 16 provisional part, per the corrigendum of 20 May 2026), no interview schedule has been announced yet.

How to download the MPPSC admit card

• Open the admit card link for the exam on mppsc.mponline.gov.in (also linked from the Admit Cards section of mppsc.mp.gov.in).
• Enter your application number, date of birth and the verification code shown on the page.
• You can also get it at an authorised MPOnline kiosk for a ₹5 portal fee.
• MPOnline resolves technical problems with admit card downloads only up to 3 days before the exam day. Helpline: 0755-6720200.

Prelims exam-day rules (SSE 2026)

The Prelims had two sessions: General Studies from 10:00 to 12:00 and the General Aptitude Test from 2:15 to 4:15, at 54 district headquarters. Appendix IV of the advertisement sets these rules:

• Reach the venue at least 30 minutes before each session; late arrivals are not admitted.
• Carry the admit card and a valid photo identity card.
• Mobiles, calculators, pencils, erasers, sharpeners, whitener, pagers, vehicle keys and any electronic device are not allowed in the hall; smart watches and Bluetooth devices are strictly banned.
• No one may leave the hall in the first hour.
• Darken your question-paper set code (A, B, C or D) on the OMR sheet. In SSE 2026, OMR sheets with no set code or with more than one set bubbled were not evaluated.

Mains admit card and ID rules

The SSE 2026 Mains was set for Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Chhindwara, Ratlam, Satna, Sagar, Shahdol, Badwani, Ujjain and Balaghat. The four General Studies papers were timed from 10:00 to 1:00, Paper V (General Hindi and Grammar) from 10:00 to 12:00 and Paper VI (Hindi Essay and Drafting) from 10:00 to 12:30. Answers are written in a structured question-answer booklet, only in the space given. With the admit card you must show one original photo ID from this list: voter card, Aadhaar (photocopy accepted), driving licence, PAN card, passport, bank passbook with photo, a photo service card from a government or public-sector employer, a student photo ID issued by the head of the institution within the last three years, or a recent photo ID attested by a gazetted officer.

SSE 2025 Mains: the previous cycle

The SSE 2025 Mains was held up until the High Court, on 18 June 2026, permitted it in I.A. No. 14061/2025 in WP 9253/2025. MPPSC's revised notice of 20 June 2026 then scheduled its admit cards from 3 August 2026 and the exam from 8 to 13 August 2026.

MPPSC State Service admit card release in past cycles