Ten candidates have topped the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2019, scoring an overall 100 percentile, results declared by IIM Kozhikode , the organising institute have revealed. Like last year, all the 10 candidates are male and are from engineering/technology backgrounds.According to the statement issued, 6 of these candidates are from the IITs, 2 from the NITs, and 1 candidate is from Jadavpur University . From the permanent address provided during application, 4 candidates are from Maharashtra and the remaining candidates are from Jharkhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu Telangana , Uttarakhand and West Bengal, said Shubhasis Dey, CAT Convener, 2019.21 candidates have scored an overall 99.99 percentile, out of which 19 candidates are from the engineering/technology background.This year, 75004 female candidates and 134917 male candidates sat for the exam, along with 5 transgender candidates. Around 2,44,169 candidates had registered for the exam this year, compared to 2,40,338 last year, the highest since 2008.Despite women accounting for nearly 36% of the candidates this year, none have made it to the 100 percentilers list. Two women and three non-engineers had last made it among the 20 toppers in CAT 2017. CAT 2019 was conducted in two shifts on November 24, 2019. A total of 2,09,926 candidates had appeared for the examination, which was conducted at 376 test centres spread across 156 cities in India.IIMs will now release their shortlists for subsequent admission processes based on, among other things, the CAT 2019 scores. More than 115 other non-IIM institutions will also use CAT 2019 scores this year for admission into their management programmes.Candidates can now download their official CAT 2019 scorecards by logging into the official website (www.iimcat.ac.in).