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A
Project Report
On
Online Voting System
Undertaken at
As a Partial Fulfillment for the

Software Engineering,
Under the sixth semester curriculum for the diploma of
Computer engineering
Submitted to
Guided by
Mr. Jigar Patel

Lecturer,
Computer Engineering Department,
VPMP POLYTECHNIC, Gandhinagar.
Submitted by
Dimpal A. Patel (136540307526)
Shivani P. Patel (136540307538)
Helisha S. Shah (136540307549)

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VPMP POLYTECHNIC
GANDHINAGAR
CERTIFICATE
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT FOLLOWING STUDENT OF DCE SEMESTER 6 TH

HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PROJECT WORK ON “ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM ”
UNDER THE SUBJECT PROJECT-II(3360707) WITHIN THE FOUR WALLS OF VPMP
POLYTECHNIC GANDHINAGAR IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2015-2016.
STUDENTS NAME:
DIMPAL A. PATEL (136540307526)

SHIVANI P. PATEL (136540307538)
HELISHA S. SHAH (136540307549)
DATE OF SUBMISSION:
STAFF IN – CHARGE: HEAD OF DEPARTMENT

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Our Software, which you are using, is the result of many people’s dedication. It is the
cumulative efforts of many minds working together day and night that gave us the
contentment of developing the software.
Special thanks to, our project guide Mr.Jigar Patel, for his great support. We express
our gratitude to for guidance and who kept the things on track and also to all other faculty
members who helped us directly or indirectly.
Last but not least our acknowledgement goes to all the well-wishers of our project for their
excellent support in all aspects.

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INDEX
PAGE
NO. TITLE
NO.
1. Introduction 5
2. Objectives 7
3. Problem definition and User Requirements 9
4. Technical Requirements 11
Front End of the System

5. 13
 Introduction of Front End
Back End of the System

6. 15
 Introduction of Back End
Detailed Description
7.  Modules information 17
 Pages information
System Analysis and Design
 Software Development model

 Feasibility studies
 Data Flow Diagram
8.  Use case Diagrams 27
 Data Dictionary
 E-R Diagram
 Activity Diagram
 Timeline Diagram
User Manual
9. 49
 Form layout
10. Testing and Implementation 69
11. Further Enhancements 72

12. Conclusion 74
13. Bibliography 76

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INTRODUCTION
• Introduction of project in pointwise

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• No of pages; 1 or 2

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OBJECTIVES

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• Objective of project
• No of pages: 1 or 2

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PROBLEM DEFINITION
AND USER
REQUIREMENTS

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 Problem definition
 No of pages: 1

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TECHNICAL
REQUIREMENTS

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Hardware Requirements:-
• Processor – Quad Core and Upgraded versions
• RAM required– minimum 512MB
• Disk Space– 1gb of free disk space
Software Requirements:-
• Operating System– windows 7 onwards
• Browser– Chrome, Internet explorer or Mozilla Firefox
• Resolution– 1366 x 768
• Internet connectivity required

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FRONT-END OF SYSTEM

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• The online voting system uses PHP language as frontend.
• The front end is accessed by user directly.
• We selected PHP because it contains a rich set of features and it is a free source.
• PHP stands for Hypertext Pre-processor.
• PHP scripts are used to develop dynamic web page.
• The features include robust, platform independent, secured and HTML, CSS and
PHPscript can be written there.
• It is an open source, server-side, and HTML- embedded web scripting language for
building dynamic and interactive website.
• Its code is processed on server rather than on client side.
• Only processed output is presented to the client in html format.
• PHP can evaluate form data sent from a browser, talk to a database, and build custom
web content to serve the browser and send and receive cookies.
• When we type a PHP website in our browser, our browser sends a request to the
webserver.
• The webserver then calls the PHP script on that page, then the PHP module executes
the script, which then sends the result in form of HTML back to our browser.
• PHP can work on WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL,PHP), LAMP (Linux, Apache,
MySQL, PHP) and XAMPP (x-OS,Apache, MySQL,PHP, Pearl).

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BACK-END OF SYSTEM

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• The online voting system uses MySQL as backend.
• The backend is access by user indirectly through an external application.
• MySQL is selected by us because it an open-source database and has wide range of
storage capacity.
• MySQL is a relational database system, which basically means that it can store bits of
information in separate areas and link those areas together.
• MySQL is fast, easy to use Relational database management system (RDBMS).
• In MySQL, several number of queries can be fire on database.
• MySQL is developed, marketed and supported by MySQL AB, which is a Swedish
company.
• It is an open source, which means we don’t need to pay to use it.
• It works with languages like PHP, Perl, C, C++, Java etc.
• It supports large database, up to 50 million rows or more in a table.
• It is customizable which means programmer can modify software as per their own
requirement.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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• “ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM” is an online voting technique.
• In this system people who are citizen of INDIA and whose age is above 18 can give
his/her vote without going to any polling booth.
• There will be a database in which the information of registered voters will be stored.
• The problems with existing System is:
 It is highly insecure and prone to election malpractice.
 It is slow and very time consuming.
 People have to give their valuable time for it and still they have to wait.
 The booth places are sometimes far from people, so some don’t vote due
to that fact.
• So to overcome this problems, Online Voting System is developed by us.
• In “ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM” a voter can use his\her voting right online without
any difficulty.
• He\She has to fill a registration form to register himself\herself.
• All entries will be store in database and will be verify by the authenticate person.
• If all the entries are correct then a PASSWORD is given to the voter, by using the
voter ID and PASSWORD he\she can use his\her vote.
• If conditions are wrong then that entry will be discarded.
• People get time to think to whom they want to give their vote and they can make a
correct choice by thinking.
• This project will a web application developed in PHP and using MySQL as its
database.
• For testing the project WAMP server will be use.

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• ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM contains-:
 Voter’s Names with ID.
 Voter’s vote in a database.
 Calculation of total number of votes.
 Voters information in database

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Modules:-
• The online voting system contains following modules:
- Admin
- Voter
- Party
- Registration and Login
- Result

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Admin Module
• The admin module can look after votes and provide security.
• Only the admin module can access the voter’s information.
• It can modify the site and can add new categories to system.
Voter Module
• The voter module can give vote.
• It can select options and fill the choices.
• The voter module will check that the vote is done once only.
Party Module
• In this module, information about parties can be updated and changed.
• It can update the candidates list in party.

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Registration and Login Module
• Through this module, the information of the voter is stored in database.
• It also checks that the voter who is registering is above 18 or not.
• The validation of dates and details are done by this module.
Result Module
 Result module is there to count the no. of votes and display results to the voters
 It will work in background and will calculate the total amount of votes.

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Pages:-
• The Online Voting System contains following pages:
- Home
- Registration
-Cast Vote
- Guide
- Candidate Info
- Party Info
- Ward Info
- Result
- Feedback
- Contact Us

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Home Page
 On home page you can know about online voting system.
 If you are an existing user then you can also login from the home page.
Registration Page
 The all details will be store in the database.
 On Registration page, voter can fill their information like name, address, voting id etc.
 They will obtain a password and unique user id from this page after verifying
information.
CastVote Page
 This is the main page of our system.
 The voter can vote for a candidate by checking his/her checkbox.
 The vote will be directly add to the counter in database.
 The voter also have to select their region according to it the list will be display of
candidates.
 This page contains time session which will be expired within 5 minutes.

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Guide Page
 The people who don’t know how to cast their vote online, they can take the help of
guide page to know the steps.
 The guide page contains the steps for casting vote in detail.
Candidate Info Page
 From candidate Info page voters can know about candidates to whom they want to
vote.
 It contains information about candidates such as their history, married status,
qualification, working status etc.
Party Info Page
 From Party Info page voters can know about voting parties.
 It contains information about parties such as their history, when it was established,
their leader info etc.

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Ward Info Page
 From ward info page we can get info about ward no and ward candidate name.
 It is helpful to know about candidate ward no.
Result Page
 Result can be check here.
 The voters can see the progress and can know who is on leading position.
Feedback Page
 The voters can give their Feedback about our online – voting system on this page.
 They can even send mail to us, if they have any new suggestions or problem.
 The feedback page is available for all, even people below 18 or unregistered
person.
Contact Us Page
 From this page you can contact the system developers.
 This page contain information about developers like their contact no, email-id etc.
 On this page you can complain on call or on our email id.

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SYSTEM ANALYSES AND

DESIGN

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SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MODEL

Software development is the computer programming, documenting, testing
and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications and frameworks
involve in a software release lifecycle and resulting in software product.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE (SDLC)

SDLC is a framework that describes the activities performed at each stage of a software
development project.
- In Online Voting System, we have use Waterfall Model.

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WATERFALL MODEL
- Waterfall model is also called as “traditional waterfall model” or “conventional waterfall
model”.
- This model break down the life cycle into set of phases like.
- Feasibility study
- Requirements analysis and specification
- Design
- Coding and unit testing
- Integration and system testing
- Maintenance.

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ADVANTAGES OF WATERFALL MODEL
- It is simple and easy to understand and use.
- Each phase has well defined input and output.
- In divides complex tasks into smaller, more manageable works.
DISADVANTAGES OF WATERFALL MODEL
- It may happen that the error may be generated at any phase and encountered in
later phase. So, it is not possible to go back and solve the error in this model.
- High amount of risk.
- It is a document driven process that requires formal documents at the end of
each phase.

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FEASIBILITY STUDY
The objective of Feasibility Study is to determine quickly and at the minimum
expense how to solve the problem and to determine the problem is solved. The
system has been tested for feasibility in following ways:-
1. Technical Feasibility
2. Operational Feasibility
3. Economical Feasibility

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Technical Feasibility:-
The software developed for the online voting system is used in client server
architecture with MySQL as Back end and PHP as Front end. Since the software
is platform independent and has predefined functions and constraints such as to
locate the charges validating functions etc. So the project is technically feasible.
Operational Feasibility:-
The architecture of the system such as Data entry, updating and deletion of
records from various tables etc. are made easy. So this project is operational
feasible.
Economical Feasibility:-
Since the cost of resources for development of system satisfies the organization,
the software is economically feasible.

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DATA FLOW DIAGRAM (DFD)
Admin Online Voting Voter
Level-0(Context Diagram)

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Level- 1

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USE CASE DIAGRAMS

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E-R DIAGRAM:-

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ACTIVITY DIAGRAM

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Timeline Diagram

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DATA DICTIONARY
Database Name: evoting
Login_Master Table:-
Field Data Type Size Constraint Description
Username Varchar 100 Primary key id for Admin
Password Varchar 100 NOT NULL Password
Role Varchar 30 NOT NULL Role of person

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Registration_Master Table:-
Field DataType Size Constraint Description
Voter ID Varchar 10 Primary Key id for Voter
Name Varchar 100 NOT NULL Name of the voter
Gender Varchar 10 NOT NULL Gender of voter
Email-Id Varchar 100 NOT NULL Email ID of voter
Age Integer 4 NOT NULL Age of voter
Address Varchar 100 NOT NULL Address of voter
Pin code Integer 6 NOT NULL Area pin code
Contact
Integer 10 NOT NULL Contact no. of voter
No.
Area Varchar 100 NOT NULL Area of voter
Password Varchar 60 NOT NULL Password of voter

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Candidate Table:-
ID Integer 15 Primary key Candidate id
Name of the
Name Varchar 100 NOT NULL
candidate
Gender Varchar 100 NOT NULL Gender of candidate
birthdate of
Birthdate Date - NOT NULL
candidate
City Varchar 100 NOT NULL City of candidate
Contact no of
Contact no Integer 10 NOT NULL
candidate
Qualification of
Qualification Varchar 100 NOT NULL
candidate
Married status of
Marital status Varchar 100 NOT NULL
candidate
Name of candidate
Ward Name Varchar 100 NOT NULL
ward
Party Name of
Party Name Varchar 100 NOT NULL
candidate
Party id of
Party id Integer 100 NOT NULL
candidate
Working Working status of

Varchar 100 NOT NULL
status candidate

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Candidate_Master Table:-
CID number 100 Primary key Candidate id
CName Varchar 100 NOTNULL Candidate Name
Party Name of
PartyName Varchar 100 NOTNULL
candidate
PartyLogo Varchar 100 NOT NULL Logo of party
WardName Varchar 100 NOTNULL Ward of party
Votingdate:-

Votedate Date - NOTNULL Voting schedule

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Votecount_Master Table:-
Candidate ID Integer 100 NOT NULL Id of candidate
CandidateNam
Varchar 100 NOT NULL Name of candidate
e
Party Name Varchar 100 NOT NULL Name of party
Ward name Varchar 100 NOT NULL Name of ward
Vote count Integer 100 NOT NULL Total votes
Result_Master Table:-

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PRIMARY
VoterID Varchar 100 Id of voter
KEY
CandidateID Integer 100 NOT NULL Id of candidate
CandidateNam
Varchar 100 NOT NULL Name of candidate
e
Party Name Varchar 100 NOT NULL Name of parties
Ward Name varchar 100 NOT NULL Name of ward

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Feedback_Master Table:-
Name Varchar 100 NOT NULL Name of voter
EmailId Varchar 100 NOT NULL Emailid of voter
Feedback Varchar2 600 NOT NULL Feedback data
Rating varchar 100 NOT NULL Rating

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Ward _Master Table:-
Sr. no. Integer 100 NOT NULL Serial no.
Ward no Integer 100 Not null No. of ward
Ward name Varchar 100 NOT NULL Name of ward
Address Varchar 100 NOT NULL Ward address
Contact no Integer 10 NOT NULL Ward contact
Area Varchar 100 NOT NULL Ward area
Zone Varchar 100 NOT NULL Ward zone

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FORM LAYOUTS

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Homepage

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Registration Page

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Cast-Vote Page

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Guide Pages

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Party Information Pages
Candidate Information Page

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Ward Information Page

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Result Page

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Feedback Page

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Contact Us Page

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Admin Home Page

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Admin Vote Scheduling Page

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Admin Candidate Page

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Admin Ward Page

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Admin Voters Page

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Admin Result Page

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Admin Feedback Page

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TESTING AND
IMPLEMENTATION

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When a system is developed, it is hoped that it performs properly. In practice however some
errors always occur.
The main purpose of testing is an information system is to find error and correct them. No
software is perfect.
The main objectives of information system testing are:-
 To ensure that during operation the system will perform as per specifications.
 To make sure that system meets user’s requirements during operation.
 To verity that the controls incorporated in this systems function as intended.
 To see that when correct inputs are fed to the system outputs are correct.
 To make sure that during operations, processing and output will be detected.
 To see that while working with the software, the software in any should not close if
logical or coded errors occur.
Information system testing is a comprehensive evaluation of the programs, manual
procedures, computer orations and controls.

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Information system may be classified as program tests, string tests, system tests, pilot tests
and parallel tests.
Types of bugs
 Logical bug
A bug which intends to do things wrong logical bug.
 Programming bug
A bug which intends to do a wrong thing that cases the program to crash
or exit itself with any confirmation or saving the data of current progress.

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FUTURE
ENHANCEMENT

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Through our e-voting system, user/voter can easily cast their vote simply from anywhere. E-
voting will increase the rate of votes and through our system everyone will able to cast their
vote freely without any problem or hesitation. This will save the time of people and will help
them to know the candidate more to whom they want to cast their vote. This will also reduce
the manual working process.
In future we will make it more secure for the voters to cast their precious vote by
implementing and using biometric technology.
We would love to collaborate with our government of India.

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CONCLUSION

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We have completed this project as per requirements. This project is fully able to work
with current situation. For making this project more users friendly in future we can
collaborate with govt. to work at that level. As this project is for the internal use we can cast
vote without any worry until it is not publish online.
Online Voting System is developed with lot of hard work and by taking reference of
our guide Mr. Jigar Patel.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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 www.w3school.com
 www.google.co.in
 www.wikipedia.org
 www.cssmenumaker.com
 PHP: The Complete Reference, By. Steven Holzner
 Software Engineering, By. Ian Somerville
 http://sec.gujarat.gov.in/e-voting-system.html
 www.onlinevotinggujarat.gov.in

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As a Partial Fulfillment for the

Mr. Jigar Patel

Online Voting System

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT FOLLOWING STUDENT OF DCE SEMESTER 6 TH

DIMPAL A. PATEL (136540307526)

STAFF IN – CHARGE: HEAD OF DEPARTMENT

Online Voting System

contentment of developing the software.

members who helped us directly or indirectly.

excellent support in all aspects.

Online Voting System

Front End of the System

Back End of the System

 Software Development model

10. Testing and Implementation 69

11. Further Enhancements 72

Online Voting System

• Introduction of project in pointwise

Online Voting System

Online Voting System

Online Voting System

Online Voting System

Online Voting System

Online Voting System

Online Voting System

• Processor – Quad Core and Upgraded versions

• RAM required– minimum 512MB

• Disk Space– 1gb of free disk space

• Operating System– windows 7 onwards

• Browser– Chrome, Internet explorer or Mozilla Firefox

• Resolution– 1366 x 768

• Internet connectivity required

Online Voting System

Online Voting System

• The online voting system uses PHP language as frontend.

• The front end is accessed by user directly.

• PHP stands for Hypertext Pre-processor.

• PHP scripts are used to develop dynamic web page.

PHPscript can be written there.

building dynamic and interactive website.

• Its code is processed on server rather than on client side.

• Only processed output is presented to the client in html format.

MySQL, PHP) and XAMPP (x-OS,Apache, MySQL,PHP, Pearl).

Online Voting System

Online Voting System

• The online voting system uses MySQL as backend.

• The backend is access by user indirectly through an external application.

• MySQL is selected by us because it an open-source database and has wide range of

information in separate areas and link those areas together.

• MySQL is fast, easy to use Relational database management system (RDBMS).

• In MySQL, several number of queries can be fire on database.

• MySQL is developed, marketed and supported by MySQL AB, which is a Swedish

• It is an open source, which means we don’t need to pay to use it.

• It works with languages like PHP, Perl, C, C++, Java etc.

• It supports large database, up to 50 million rows or more in a table.

Online Voting System

Online Voting System

• “ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM” is an online voting technique.

his/her vote without going to any polling booth.

• The problems with existing System is:

 It is highly insecure and prone to election malpractice.

 It is slow and very time consuming.