A Project Report

on

VOTING SYSTEM USING BLOCKCHAIN

Submitted for partial fulfillment of award of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY

Degree in

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

By

Arpita Singh Sengar (2000640100026)

Karan Kumar (2000640100060)
Devansh Mishra (2000640100037)
Anshul Singh (2000640100020)

Name of Guide
Mr. Gaurav Pandey

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Hindustan College of Science and Technology, Farah, Mathura

DR. A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY,

LUCKNOW, INDIA

May, 2024

ACADEMIC SESSION 2023-2024

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 UNDERTAKING

The work presented in our dissertation titled VOTING SYSTEM

USING BLOACKCHAIN, submitted to the Department of
Computer Science and Engineering, Hindustan College of Science
and Technology, Mathura, for the award of Bachelor of Technology,
is our original work. We have neither plagiarized nor submitted the
same work for award of any other degree. In case this undertaking is
found incorrect, we accept that our degree may be withdrawn.

Arpita Singh Sengar (2000640100026)

Karan Kumar (2000640100060)
Devansh Mishra (2000640100037)
Anshul Singh (2000640100020)

Date:-

HCST, Farah, Mathura

HINDUSTAN COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

FARAH, MATHURA -281122

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

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 CERTIFICATE
Date:

CERTIFIED THAT ARPITA SINGH SENGAR, KARAN

KUMAR, DEVANSH MISHRA AND ANSHUL SINGH HAVE

CARRIED OUT THEIR PROJECT WORK PRESENTED IN

THIS REPORT ENTITLED VOTING SYSTEM USING

BLOACKCHAIN FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF

TECHNOLOGY FROM DR. A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW UNDER MY

SUPERVISION. THE REPORT EMBODIES RESULT OF

ORIGINAL WORK AND STUDIES CARRIED OUT BY

STUDENT HIMSELF AND THE CONTENTS OF THE

REPORT DO NOT FORM THE BASIS FOR THE AWARD OF

ANY OTHER DEGREE TO THE CANDIDATE OR TO

ANYBODY ELSE.

Name of
Guide
Mr. Gaurav Pandey
Asst. Professor, CSE

MR. VIJAY KATTA DR.SHANKAR THAWKAR

PROJECT COORDINATOR HOD, CSE

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to express our gratitude to all those who helped us in

our project. Firstly, we would like to thank our project guide, Mr.
Priyadarshi, for their guidance and support. Their expertise and
mentorship significantly contributed in a progress of our project.

A heartfelt thankyou to the faculty members of CSE branch for

their constructive feedback and academic guidance.

We express our deep sense of gratitude and sincere thanks to our

Head of the Department Mr. Shankar Thawkar for permitted us to
carry out this project and for giving the complete freedom to utilize
the resources of the department.

We acknowledge and appreciate the collaboration and effort put

forth by each member of our project team. Their skills and
knowledge have made this collective progress of the project.

We also convey our heartfelt thanks to our friends and family for
their support and understanding which encourages us during the
phases of this project.

In conclusion, this project has been a collaborative effort, and we

are grateful to everyone who has been a part of it.

Date:

Student Names with roll numbers

Arpita Singh Sengar (2000640100026)

Karan Kumar (2000640100060)
Devansh Mishra (2000640100037)
Anshul Singh (2000640100020)

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page No.

Undertaking ii
Certificate iii
Acknowledgements iv

List of Figures vii

List of Tables viii
List of Symbols
ix
List of Abbreviations x

1. INTRODUCTION 1-
4
1.1 INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT
1
1.2 OBJECTIVE
1.3 SCOPE 3
1.4 FEASIBILITY STUDY
3

2. LITERATURE SURVEY 5-
18
2.1 REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS
5
2.2 RESEARCH PAPERS REVIEW
2.3 PROBLEM WITH CURRENT 6
SYSTEMS
2.4 LANGUAGE & TOOLS 11
2.5 PRPOSED SYSTEM
13

18

3. DESIGN 19-
26

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 3.1 WORK FLOW
19
3.2 SDLC MODELS
3.2.1 ADVANTAGES 23
3.2.2 DISADVANTAGES
24

24
3.3 DFD
3.3.1 LEVEL-0 25
3.3.2 LEVEL-1
3.3.3 LEVEL-2 25

26

26

4. ALGORITHM USED 27-

31
4.1 SHA-256 BIT ENCRYPTION
ALGORITHM 27
4.2 PROOF OF WORK(PoW)
27
4.3 PROOF OF STACK
28
4.4 PROOF OF AUTHORITY(PoA)
29
4.5 NODEMAILOR
30

5. IMPLEMENTATION 32-
5.1 CODE SNIPPETS 40
5.2 SNAPSHOTS

6. RESULTS
41

7. CONCLUSIONS, LIMITATION AND

FUTURE WORKS 42

8. REFERENCES 43-
44
PLAGIARISM REPORT

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Page No.
3.1 Blockchain ……… 20
3.2 Registration Module ……… 21
3.3 Flow chart of project ……… 22
3.4 SDLC Cycle ……… 23
3.5 DFD Level-0 ……… 25
3.6 DFD Level-1 ……… 26
3.7 DFD Level-2 ……… 26
4.1 Hashing Algorithm ……… 27
8.1 Homepage ……… 37
8.2 Sign up page ……… 37

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8.3 Information ……… 38
8.4 Voter Registration ……… 38
8.5 Voting Area ……… 39
8.6 Result ……… 39
8.7 Candidates Details ……… 40
8.8 Add Candidate Information ……… 40
8.9 Register ……… 41
8.10 Change Phase ……… 41

LIST OF TABLES

2.1 Problems with current systems ……… 11-12

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 LIST OF SYMBOLS

Symbol Explanation

n code length

ƛ Auto - corelation

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 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

Abbreviations Explanation

SDLC Software Development Life Cycle

DFD Data Flow Diagram