CHENNAI: MBBS vacancies under the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) increased to 946 for the special stray round, up from 837 left unallotted after the previous stray round.Officials said the additional vacancies arose after 109 candidates failed to join their allotted colleges during the stray round.Tamil Nadu accounts for 688 vacancies and Puducherry 187, together making up 875 of the 946 seats on the latest list. Karnataka has 25 vacancies and Maharashtra 13. The remaining 33 are spread across 15 states and Union territories.While 920 vacancies are in the deemed universities, the includes22 vacancies under the 15% All India Quota, two under the open-seat quota, and one each under the Delhi University and NRI quotas.One vacancy is at AIIMS Madurai and a seat at Government Stanley Medical College remains vacant.After the stray round, 837 MBBS seats remained unfilled, most of them at deemed universities in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, where annual tuition fees range from ₹23 lakh to ₹35 lakh.Many institutions, including those in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, offered annual fee concessions, mostly during private discussions with students and their families.Registration for the special stray round closes at 3 pm on Nov 4, while candidates can fill and lock their choices until 11 am on Nov 5.MCC will announce allotments on Nov 7, and those allotted seats must report to their colleges by 5 pm on Nov 16. In BDS, 207 seats remain vacant, including 112 in govt colleges.Govt dental colleges in Kerala account for 17 vacancies, followed by 11 in Tamil Nadu and nine in Maharashtra. Another 66 BSc nursing seats are vacant across Delhi, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.