Congress leader Pawan Khera on Saturday informed that the party has submitted a list of 20 seats to the Election Commission of India, where candidates have raised both written and verbal complaints about the Electronic Voting Machines used during the vote counting in the recently concluded Haryana Assembly elections.

"We have sent a list of 20 seats to the Election Commission regarding which our candidates have submitted written and verbal complaints of 99 per cent battery charge. This issue was raised on the day of counting...This is a strange coincidence that the machines which displayed 99 per cent battery charge were the ones on which Congress was mostly made to lose. The machines with 60-70 per cent battery charge are the ones on which Congress won. Why did this happen?," Khera told ANI.

The 20 assembly constituencies of Haryana on which Congress has alleged that irregularities took place are Narnaul, Karnal, Dabwali, Rewari, Hodal, Kalka, Panipat City, Indri, Badkhal, Faridabad NIT, Nalwa, Rania, Pataudi (SC), Palwal, Ballabhgarh, Barwala, Uchana Kalan, Gharaunda, Kosli, and Badshahpur.

The Congress, which expected a victory after the exit poll prediction, raised issues with EVMs during vote counting.

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Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday called the results of Haryana Assembly elections, "unexpected" and assured that complaints from various assembly constituencies would be brought to the Election Commission's attention.

On Friday, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission of India, expressing hope that the body will acknowledge the issue and provide appropriate instructions.

Taking to social media platform X, the party General Secretary in charge of communication, wrote, "On October 9, senior Congress party leaders submitted a memorandum full of complaints to the Election Commission. Taking it forward today, we have given an updated memorandum, highlighting serious and clear irregularities in the election process in 20 assembly constituencies of Haryana. We hope that the Election Commission will take cognizance of this and issue appropriate instructions."

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The elections in Haryana took place on October 5 and the results were announced on October 8. While BJP secured 48 seats securing a historic win by coming back to power in the state for the third time, Congress got 37 seats.