SSC MTS Vacancy 2025 State-wise: Delhi 1,961, Preferences, Allocation

SSC MTS vacancies are listed state by state, and they are far from even. In the 2025 exam’s tentative list, Delhi alone has 1,961 of the 6,078 MTS posts in the 18–25 group — a third of the country — while several north-eastern states have one or two. Because selection runs on your State/UT preferences, where the vacancies are matters as much as how many there are. This guide sets out the 2025 vacancies by state and by CCA, how the total moved, and how preferences and allocation work.

SSC MTS 2025 tentative vacancies (27.11.2025); our arithmetic for shares.

Two notes on reading the table. MTS 2024 final vacancies were published as 6,886 (18–25) and 1,193 (18–27) in the vacancy file but 6,883 and 1,196 in the final result — both adding to 8,079 — so small differences between SSC documents are normal. And categories are vertical: ex-servicemen and PwBD posts are counted inside the UR, OBC, EWS, SC and ST figures, not on top of them.

Havaldar posts are even more concentrated: Mumbai Customs has 491 of the 1,138 (43%), followed by Chennai Customs (124), Pune CGST (63) and Chandigarh CGST (61). Many CCAs have fewer than 20. Our Havaldar guide lists each CCA with its cut-offs.

Every recent cycle ended with more MTS posts than its notice announced — the 2024 MTS figure grew from 4,887 to 8,079. The final 2025 numbers will come with the final result, and they may differ again from the November 2025 list. SSC itself says it has no role in deciding how many vacancies each department reports.

In the application, candidates give an ordered list of post-cum-State/UT (or CCA) preferences, and these cannot be changed afterwards. After the result, SSC prepares a single select list for all posts and allocates in order of Session-II merit, taking each candidate’s highest available preference in their age group and category. A candidate who lists only a few states is considered only for those; one who lists the “Others” option alone is considered only for the handful of vacancies not tied to any state. For the 2025 exam, SSC’s CBE result write-up of 03.08.2026 speaks of a “First Round of Tentative Allocation result for both the posts”; that wording suggests (our inference, not an SSC statement) more than one allocation list.

Take an OBC candidate in the 18–25 group whose mocks suggest a Session-II score around 125. On the 2024 lines, that would have cleared the OBC line in, among others, Maharashtra (121.28), Karnataka (120.21), Tamil Nadu (120.25), Gujarat (122.45), Andhra Pradesh (124.33) and Kerala (124.91), but not Delhi (125.49) or Uttar Pradesh (128.16). A preference list that named only Delhi and UP would have left that score unused; adding the western and southern states, where the 2025 list also has hundreds of posts, would not. The same logic, with the 2025 cut-offs when they appear, is the best guide to building the list. This example uses 2024 figures and is illustrative only.

Not everyone who scores enough reaches the final list. In the 2025 exam SSC did not process the results of 727 candidates for malpractice, 169 were debarred by regional offices and 2 were withheld; in 2024, 179 results were withheld and 504 candidates were cancelled, debarred or rejected. Representations against non-selection must be made within one month of the final result. And a candidate allotted a state may be required to learn its local language before being confirmed.

The numbers suggest a simple principle: a longer preference list is a safer one. Delhi’s 1,961 posts and Maharashtra’s 732 make them the largest pools, but in 2024 Delhi’s UR line was 127.89 and Maharashtra’s 122.29 (18–25), while several small states closed above 135. Listing only one or two small home states can leave a good score unused. At the same time, allocation is binding and there is no waiting list, so list only posts you would actually take. The 2025 cut-offs, when published, will show how this played out under SSC’s new (equipercentile) normalisation.