Online Voting/Polling System: A Project Report

Project Report on Online Voting System
A
PROJECT REPORT
on
ONLINE VOTING/POLLING SYSTEM
USING HTML, CSS, PHP, Bootstrap, JavaScript & MySQL
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of
Diploma in
Computer Science & Engineering

By
PREETI SINGH
BTEUP Enrollment No.: E1610235500025
KM. MAYAWATI GOVERNMENT GIRLS POLYTECHNIC,

BADALPUR, GB NAGAR(UP)
(Department of Technical Education, Uttar Pradesh, AICTE New Delhi Approved)
May, 2019
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Candidate Declaration
I hereby certify that the work which is being presented in the project entitled
“Online Voting/Polling System, Using PHP, CSS, HTML & MySQL” in partial
fulfilment of the requirement for the award of the Diploma in Computer Science
& Engineering, Km. Mayawati Govt. Girls Polytechnic, Badalpur GB Nagar is an
authentic record of my own work carried out under the supervision of Mr. Prem
Shankar Singh Yadav, Department of CSE KMGGP Badalpur.
The matter presented in this report has not been submitted by me for the
award of any other Diploma of this or any other university/ institute.
Preeti Singh
This is to certify that the above statement made by the candidate is correct to
the best of my knowledge.
Date: Prem Shankar, Lecturer (CSE)

(Project Supervisor)
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Certificate
This is to certify that the project report entitled “ONLINE VOTING/POLLING
SYSTEM, USING PHP, CSS, HTML & MySQL” submitted by Preeti Singh, in
partial fulfilments of the requirements for the award of Diploma in Computer
Science & Engineering at Km. Mayawati Government Girls Polytechnic,
Badalpur GB Nagar is an authentic work carried out by her under my
supervision and guidance.
To the best of my knowledge, the matter embodied in the project report

has not been submitted to any other university/ institute for the award of any
Diploma.
Date: Prem Shankar Singh Yadav

(Project Supervisor)
The Diploma in CSE Viva-Voce examination of Preeti Singh,

Polytechnic student, has been held on………………
Signature of Supervisor Signature of HOD Signature of Examiner
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to express my deep and sincere gratitude to all those who helped me
to complete this project. I would like to thanks to my colleagues & friends for their well
support, with gratitude. I wish to acknowledge all of them. However, I wish to make
special mention of the following: First of all, I am very thankful to my project guide
teacher (Mr. Prem Shankar Singh Yadav) without whose guidance it was not
possible for me to make this project successful. I am heartily thankful to him for giving
me his valuable time & attention and providing me a systematic way for completing
my project on time. I must make special mention to (Mr. Prem Shankar Singh Yadav),
my project in charge for their co-operation & assistance in solving technical problem.
I would also very thankful to my teacher (Mr. Ravi Pal) who gave me full support and
encouraged me to work in an innovative and challenging project for Educational field.
I thank to my HOD (Mrs. Deepika Dubey) & all those staff who provide me their
assistance in various h/w & s/w problems encountered during course of my project. I
am also very thankful to respective Principal Sir (Mr. S.K. Singh) who gave me an
opportunity to present this project.
Preeti Singh
BTEUP Enrollment No.: E161023550025
BTEUP ROLL NO.:
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ABSTRACT
Voting as we all know is often associated with politics and is done more often using
the manual approach where voters queue up to vote for their choices. Manual voting
without any doubt exhibits chances of voting malpractices and other negative vices.
Those and many other reasons triggered the need to shift from the manual voting
system to a more sophisticated digitalized voting platform. Today, voting does not only
stop at politics but also extends to other areas of human endeavours such as
entertainment, sports, business, Student unions, class rooms, fashion and style and
so on and so forth. The need to migrate from manual voting system to digital voting
system has brought about efficiency, free and fair election and as well as time
utilization. Today, several digital voting systems are designed all over the world to suit
different users’ requirements and needs. Most recently, unlimited number of online
voting systems are available on different platforms which give the users the autonomy
to manipulate them to their satisfaction. But, one important thing is that, majority of
them are vendor proprietary, meaning, they serve only one purpose or two. Which is
why I take it as my responsibility to design a new online voting system which is multi-
dimensional in nature, and which would allow both the users and vendors to create
their different categories of voting. Online Voting/Polling System is the name I have
conventionally chose for my platform. As mentioned above, Online Voting/Polling
System is a multipurpose online voting system which enables the users to add from
their different categories and requirements, and to allow their fans, friends and families
as well as general audiences to have the opportunity to vote for their choices. This
abstracts however, is an executive overview of what I intend to incorporate in my
project documentation. This project report is intended to include the first segment of
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the project which is the introduction of the problem, its significance, scope, and other
important points. The second segment will contain the software problem analysis
where a comprehensive literature review will be discussed, and other areas will include
the feasibility analysis and project plan. Then I will further my research by analysing
the software and hardware requirements of the project which will entail a general
description of the project. Other segments to include would be the system design
where numerous notation details would be given as well as the representation of the
various flowcharts, uses cases, dataflow diagrams and Pseudo codes. Furthermore,
an overview on the project implementation will also be discussed and finally, an in-
depth Software testing evaluation will also be taken into account, this will include
applying the various testing techniques onto the various units and modules of the
project.
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INDEX
1. Introduction………………………………………………………….
1.1. Significance of Project
1.2. Project Features
1.3. Scope of The Project
1.4. Intended Audiences
1.5. Problem Definition
1.6. Problems with The Existing Voter Registration System
1.7. Existing Online Voting System
1.8. Proposed System
2. System Analysis………………………………………………………
2.1. Objectives
2.2. Phases
2.2.1. Feasibility Analysis
2.2.2. Report Approval
2.2.3. System Analysis
2.2.4. System Design
2.2.5. Coding
2.2.6. Testing
2.2.7. Implementation
2.2.8. Maintenance
2.3. Process Description
2.4. Project Model Used
2.5. ER-Diagram
2.6. Data Flow Diagram
3. Software Requirement Specification………………………………….
3.1. Introduction of Languages Used
3.2. Software Requirements
3.3. Hardware Requirements
3.4. Front-End and Back-End
4. Data Modelling……………………………………………………………
4.1. List of Tables
4.2. Database Queries
5. Snapshots…………………………………………………………………
5.1. Admin Snapshots
5.2. Student/User Snapshots
6. Coding………………………………………………………………………
7. Future Scope………………………………………………………………
8. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………
9. References…………………………………………………………………
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1.0. INTRODUCTION
“ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM” is an online voting technique. In this system any

one can give his\her vote online without going to any physical polling station. There is
a database which is maintained in which all the names of voters with complete
information is stored.
In “ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM” a voter can use his\her voting right online without any
difficulty. He\She has to be registered first for him/her to vote. Registration is mainly
done by the system administrator for security reasons. The system Administrator
registers the voters on a special site of the system visited by him only by simply filling
a registration form to register voter. People seeking registration are expected to
contact the system administrator to submit their details. After the validity of them it has
been confirmed by the system administrator by comparing their details submitted with
those in existing databases such as those as the Registrar of Persons, the individual
is then registered as a voter.
After registration, the voter is assigned a secret Voter ID with which he/she can use to
log into the system and enjoy services provided by the system such as voting. If
invalid/wrong details are submitted, then the individual is not registered to vote.
1.1. SIGNIFICANCE OF PROJECT

1. Every project has a major significance attached to it, without which no project. My
foremost objective is to produce a system which brings something much better to
the IT industry, thereby adopting new technologies and strategies and
implementing them towards creating an efficient as well as scalable platform, which
is secured, multi-dimensional, easy to use as well as universal.
2. My second motive is to produce a system that could bring ease to the users. By
ease I mean, a system that is so simple in managing, so flexible and easily learned
and at the same time achieving our goal of making the system accessible by
everyone regardless of their age or social status or even knowledge. This would
help users with less expertise on how to use online voting systems to have easy
access to my platform.
3. Another significance is to transform online voting to the next level. By this I mean,
giving the users a new look, new methods, as well as freedom to access it to their
very best. And in order to achieve that, I provide an option which gives the user or
vendor the autonomy to customize his or her voting categories, to enable users to
vote for different contenders within a single platform.
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4. In addition, I also decided to undertake this project so that it serves as an avenue

for us as students to have an in-depth knowledge of the technologies being used
and to energize us towards putting efforts to passing same knowledge to our
immediate community members who have the same zeal and dream.
5. The main purposes of Online Voting System include:
 Provision of improved voting services to the voters through fast, timely and
convenient voting.
 Reduction of the costs incurred during voting time in paying the very many
clerks employed for the sake of the success of the manual system.
 Check to ensure that the members who are registered are the only ones to vote.
Cases of “Dead People” voting are also minimized.
 Online voting system (OVS) will require being very precise or cost cutting to
produce an effective election management system.
6. Therefore, crucial points that this (OVS) emphasizes on are listed below.
i. Require a smaller number of staffs during the election.
ii. This system is a lot easier to independently moderate the elections and
subsequently reinforce its transparency and fairness.
iii. Less capital, less effort, and less labour intensive, as the primary cost and
effort will focus primarily on creating, managing, and running a secure online
portal.
iv. Increased number of voters as individual will find it easier and more
convenient to vote, especially those abroad.
Considering the fact that the world is dramatically accepting this so-called trend
called Digitalization. It is very important to help people achieve their dreams. What got
me motivated is the fact that the world is gradually accepting democracy, and
democracy does not only confine itself to politics, but also spreads itself beyond
politics down to our daily activities. However, the growth of sports, entertainment,
fashion and design industry, such as movies, football, crickets, and thousands of
activities; it is also paramount that technologies are improve so that it can cater for the
needs of people. More than hundreds and thousands of awards are given every year
based on certain criteria and achievements scored by people in various fields of life.
Which is why I feel I can contribute my quota towards shaping the ethics of voting
people for recognition of their personal performances. And so, online voting is the only
platform that encourages free and fair voting. But only free and fair, but it would also
allow the millions of spectators around the world to participate in honouring their
favourite choices.
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1.2. PROJECT FEATURES

Remote Voting-We can vote for any place, no need to physically present at voting
booth, which improve efficiency.
Convenience – A system is convenient if it allows voters to cast their votes quickly, in
one session, and with minimal equipment or special skills.
Security - Following methods are implemented in Online Voting System
 Encrypted Password
 Reverse Password Mechanism
1.3. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT

The overarching scope of this project is to examine the current or existing online
voting systems available out there. The following points give an elaborative scope of
this project:
1. To provide an overview and analysis of the existing systems and how they
different from this current system.
2. To document the type of weakness and fault found in the existing systems. This
will help me to improve my current system.
3. To identify the needs of the users and ensuring that those needs are delivered
to satisfy them.
4. To examine the potential relationship between the different existing systems, at

the same time trying to extract what is good about them and making it as advantage
to the current system.
5. To also identify areas in which improvements needs to need done for continuity
of the system and for maintenance purposes.
1.4. INTENDED AUDIENCES

This project presents a very important scope which allows people or audiences from
different social classes, different religious backgrounds, different levels and status of
life to have the same access, the same rights. It is indeed for the people.
1. Any individual interested in posting any voting activity can have access to this
platform.
2. Some decision makers can buy this voting data which I gathered through my
respected users through their comments as to why they have voted for one
contender and not the other. This information would help in improving oneself for
future appearances.
3. Also, there is not a single age restriction as to who accesses the portal or who does
not. Indeed, my portal does not promote nudity or vulgar, which is why is suitable
for pupils of all age.
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1.5. PROBLEM DEFINITION

Voting is a man-made phenomenon which resolves conflict of choices between two or
more entities in real life. The ability to vote for an entity got its origin when Man feels
he has choices to make as to who or what he desires. For more than hundred years
ago people had the idea of voting people to fit certain positions or designations or to
even represent them in some aspects of life. Till that time voting was done manually.
Meanwhile voting is often done by manually selecting a contender due to certain
characteristics that he or she may possess. But voting manually has posed so many
challenges ranging from missing votes, voting malpractices, election ridging, the use
of ballot papers which in a way slows down the voting process. For a country like India
where recently waste papers are considered to be accumulating waste in environment,
and making it difficult to do away with dirt around. The need to stop using manual
voting has to definitely arise. Although, not much of online voting systems are available
on websites, yet the ones available are much likely restricting the users from
manipulating them to their satisfaction. Most of the recently invented online voting
systems are actually vendor specific; vendor specific in the sense that, they are
purposely designed to cater for special needs, most of which provide a single or two
categories of voting. Meaning, they only handle one or two types of voting. Possibly,
group elections, or school union elections or maybe both. Thus, in order to tackle this
problem of monopoly, I come up with the idea to invent a special multi-purpose
platform which would put together all forms of online voting in one place and allows
the targeted audience to conduct all forms of voting. These includes voting in different
hemisphere of life such as sports, entertainment, TV show and reality shows, beauty
contests, student’s union elections, Management board of directors and many others.
1.6. Problems with the Existing Voter Registration System

The problems of the existing manual system of voting include among others the
following:
i. Expensive and Time consuming: The process of collecting data and entering
this data into the database takes too much time and is expensive to conduct, for
example, time and money is spent in printing data capture forms, in preparing
registration stations together with human resources, and there after advertising the
days set for registration process including sensitizing voters on the need for
registration, as well as time spent on entering this data to the database.
ii. Too much paper work: The process involves too much paper work and paper
storage which is difficult as papers become bulky with the population size.
iii. Errors during data entry: Errors are part of all human beings; it is very unlikely
for humans to be 100 percent efficient in data entry.
iv. Loss of registration forms: Some times, registration forms get lost after being
filled in with voters’ details, in most cases these are difficult to follow-up and
therefore many remain unregistered even though they are voting age nationals and
interested in exercising their right to vote.
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v. Short time provided to view the voter register: This is a very big problem since
not all people have free time during the given short period of time to check and
update the voter register.
1.7. EXISTING ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM

My critical scrutiny and analysis on the existing systems proved that most of the
systems are lacking in one of the following ways:
1. As I have stressed in the above points that, most of the online voting systems that
I have available today are only able to accommodate one task at a time.
Meanwhile, users cannot vote in more than one category. For example, majority of
them are concern with general elections or State elections.
2. Majority of them are controlled by government bodies which makes them more
vulnerable to ridging. And criticisms are not welcomed. Hence, there is less or no
concern for autonomy and freedom of choice.
3. Another observation made is that most of this online voting website have made
their page a little bit complex, therefore, making it difficult for beginner to have
access to them quickly. For instance, their ‘sign up pages’ are having difficult
requirements to fill in.
4. One major disadvantage I have found on majority of these sites is that, they use
social networks as their login gateways. This is a security problem, because
hackers can easily spoof the original sites into making the users to login through a
fake site, later their credentials end up at the wrong hands.
1.8. PROPOSED SYSTEM

The present system possesses a number of new features which make it unique and
different from the existing system. The following features are present in the current
system:
1. Online Voting System introduces a platform which put together different voting
categories under one umbrella, which allows multiple users from different remote
locations to simultaneously access it and be able to cast their votes to their
favourite contenders. However, under the option known as “Voting Category” a
user can view as many categories as possible.
2. Online Voting System also gives the voters an autonomy of voting, free from
interference, which makes this project independent from any external influence or
control which may lead to ridging.
3. Online Voting System introduces a very simple Graphical User Interface (GUI)
which is simple, easy, friendly and easily learnable. This feature makes it easier
for our clients and users to access the portal without having waste their time,
energy and resources.
4. Online Voting System still introduces a system which ensure that all kind of devices
ranging from PC, laptops and any kind of browser are compatible to the system
and are capable of accessing our site. This technology allows the interface to
shrink in or out depending on the type of devices that is used in accessing the site.
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2.0. SYSTEM ANALYSIS
2.1. OBJECTIVE:
 Online Voting System, is a web-based application in which anyone can give his\her
vote online without going to any physical polling station.
 There is a database which is maintained in which all the names of voters with
complete information is stored.
 The user can register for voters on a registration site of the system visited by him
only by simply filling a registration form to register voter.
 After this, their details submitted in existing databases such as those as the
Registrar of Persons, the user is then registered as a voter.
 After registration, the voter has to use his unique username to login into the system
voting.
 If invalid/wrong details are submitted, then the user is not registered to vote.
2.2. PHASES:
System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) mainly consists of the following 7 phases
which can be detailed: -
Preliminary Investigation: -
This is the first phase of the system development life cycle. In this phase we need to
find out the need of the client- what exactly does the client want? Before the
development of any system the important point is to know the needs, objectives and
scope of the system.
2.2.1. FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS

Feasibility study is one of the most important phases of the project development.
Because it provides us with the yard stick to check whether the project is worthwhile
to proceed further. However, feasibility study also identifies the important risks and
challenges associated with the project, which in one way or another has to be
managed or taken care of before proceeding to the next phases of development. Thus,
feasibility analysis provides us with matrices for measurement with which I analyse my
entire project. These matrices in question include operational feasibility, technical
feasibility, economic feasibility and organizational feasibility (sometimes called
operational feasibility).
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 OPERATIONAL FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS:

Under operational feasibility I asked myself lots of questions. Questions that must be
answered before I can proceed with the project. Amongst these questions were
whether users would accept the project or not. Secondly, what new results are we
going to produce that has not been produced by other platforms? And then will this
current system require training pupils/users before they operate it? Or will the system
contain any risk that can overpower the efforts of the team members? All the above-
mentioned questions were answered before proceeding to the next step.
 TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS:
Here, I analysed and understood all the technical resources needed to develop,
purchase, install or operate the system. As by considering those I agree to the
following points:
a) Does the proposed platform possess the sufficient capacity which would allow
for future need?
b) Will the software and hardware hosts be reliable enough to cater for the needs
of this project?
c) What happen with the passage of time, can I able to meet with future technology
in order to ensure continuity of this platform?
d) Can I be able to resolve compatibility issues such as browsers, internet
information services (IIS) architecture, and technology and so on?
e) With growth of users and clients, can the system be able to absorb the stress
due to high traffic and high demand of services?
Those and many other similar or dissimilar questions were rigorously answered in
ensuring that I have a successful project development.
 ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS:

Well, as far as economic feasibility is concerned, the projected economic benefits are
far lesser than expected. I have indeed considered how much amount I have to spend
on this project, as I had to incur the cost of training for parts of the project that I need
to learn, which is beyond my reach. Secondly the cost for hosting and domain name
purchase. So, in the end, all these costs were estimated and put together
.
 LEGAL FEASIBILITY:
It deals with question related to economy. It comprises of the following questions:
 Control Signing
 Software License Agreement
 Issues related to cyber laws.
 Legal issues relating to the man power contract
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 SOCIAL & BEHAVIOURAL FEASIBILITY:
It deals with the various issues related to the human behaviour like:
 Whether the user be able to adapt a new change or not?

 Whether the ambiance we are providing suits the user or not?
2.2.2. Request Approval: -

Request approval is the third phase of the system development lifecycle. Request
approval is the phase in which all the requirements which would be provide in the
system are stated. The request approval is a sort of agreement between the client and
the company which is building this software. Both the parties should be mutually
agreed on the stated requirements.
2.2.3. System Analysis: -

System analysis is the phase following the phase of the request approval. In this phase
we tend to analyse the overall system which we have to build. System analysis is the
crucial part in SDLC.
2.2.4. System Design: -

System design means the designing of the system. The system can be done in either
of the following two ways: -
 Logical System Design

 Physical System Design
2.2.5. Coding: -
Coding is the phase in which a developer codes using any programming languages.
Coding constitutes only 20%of the whole project and which is easier to write. The
coding work is also done in the teams; development of the system is usually done
under the modular programming style, which can be either top-down approach or
bottom-up approach.
2.2.6. Testing: -
Testing is the phase in which the system that has been developed is tested. Testing
comprises of the 60% of the overall development of the system. Testing of the system
is important aims to uncover the different errors in the system. There are various
different testing techniques that can be used for the testing of the system.
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2.2.7. Implementation: -
Implementation process involved the installation of software on user’s side.
Implementation process actually depends on type of a system & various. Opting for
suitable conversion approach is a step implementation. The conversion processes are
as follows: -
 Parallel Conversion
 Direct Conversion Approach
 Pilot Conversion Approach
 Phase in Conversion Approach
2.2.3. Maintenance: -
Merely developing the system is not important but also maintenance is important. The
company that has built the system provides for some time free of cost maintenance to
the client and after that period it is usually a paid service.
Starts
Stops
Preliminary
Investigation
Implementation &
Maintenance Analysis
Testing Design
Development
/coding
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2.3. Process Description: -

Gantt charts mainly used to allocate resources to activities. The resources allocated
to activities include staff, hardware and software. Gantt charts are useful to resource
planning. A Gantt chart is a special type of bar chart where each bar represents an
activity. The bars are drawn along a timeline. The length of each bar is proportional to
the duration of the time planned for the corresponding activity. Gantt chart is a project
scheduling technique. Progress can be represented easily in a Gantt chart, by
colouring each milestone when completed. The project will start in the month of
January and end after 4 months at the beginning of April.
2.4. PROJECT MODEL USED: -

Iterative Enhancement Model
This model has the same phases as the waterfall model, but with fewer restrictions.
Generally, the phases occur in the same order as in the waterfall model, but they may
be conducted in several cycles.
The iteration involves the redesign and implementation of iteration is to be
simple, straightforward, and modular, supporting and redesign at that stage or as a
task added to the project control list.
PHASES: -
Incremented development slices the system functionality into increments(portions).
The unified process groups increments/iterations into phases: inception, elaboration,
construction and transition.
Requirement Specification
System Design and Software Design
Implementing and Unit Testing
Integration and System Testing
Operation and
Maintenance
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2.5. ER-Diagram: -
The entity-relationship diagram shows the relationship between the various users and
their attributes. There is a relationship between the election commission and the voter.
The voter has different attribute to store their data to database:
1. Name-Name contains first name and last name.
2. Email address
3. Login_id
4. Password
Fname
Admin_id
Name
password ADMIN Lname

Constitution
email Manages
Login_id
Manages
VOTER Voters
Password
Name
CANDIDATE
Fname Lname
Candidate_id Candidate_name
Candidate_position
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2.6. Data Flow Diagram: -

DFD is an acronym for the word Data Flow Diagram. DFD is a pictorial
representation of the system. DFD is a graphical representation of the flow of data
through the information system. DFD reveal relationships among between the
various components in a program or system. DFD can be used to represent the
following: -
 External Entity sending and receiving data.
 Process that change the data.
 Flow of data within the system.
 Data storage locations.
0 Level DFD
User
Or
Administrator
System
Output
DFD Level-0
The above diagram is a 0-Level DFD that only shows the flow of data between the
various and the system. In Online Voting System the administrator is the controller of
the system and all the decisions are made by him. The administrator can handle the
entire voter and their details, voting details etc. and view details of them and he can
update that detail also.
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1 Level DFD
Voter
Login
Registration
Process
Process
Voter
Information Voting Final
Checking Process Report
process
DFD Level 1
The above shown diagram is a 1-level Data Flow Diagram for the Online Voting
System. According to this DFD various process are done after login process. The
administrator can register voter. The Election Commission can register the voters and
voters can use their voting rights. The voter can view the final report after giving vote.
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2 Level DFD
2.1: -
Administrator Voter
Login Login
Process
Voter Information Voting Final

Registration Checking Process Result
Voter data stored data voting data final result
Administration Election Commission
DFD: Level 2.1

The above shown diagram is a 2.1 level Data Flow Diagram for the Online Voting
System. According to this DFD, the administrator can register the voter information,
administrator can allow or denies the voter. A voter can give vote if all the
information filled by him/her are correct.
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3.0 Software/ Hardware Requirements

The software requirement specification document enlists all necessary requirements
for project development. To derive the requirements, we need to have clear and
thorough understanding of the products to be developed.
3.1 INTRODUCTION OF LANGUAGES USED:

The languages used in this project are mentioned below:
 HTML
 CSS
 PHP
 MySQL
1. HTML- It stands for Hyper Text Markup Language, which is most widely used
language on the Web to develop web pages,
2. MYSQL DBMS- It allows combination, extraction, manipulation and organization
of data in the voters’ database. It is platform independent and therefore can be
implemented and used across several such as Windows, Linux server and is
compatible with various hardware mainframes. It is fast in performance, stable
and provides business value at a low cost.
3. PHP- It is a server-side scripting language designed for web development but
also used as a general-purpose programming language. PHP code can be simply
mixed with HTML code, or it can be used in combination with various templating
engines and web frameworks.
4. CSS- It describes how HTML elements are to be displayed on screen, paper, or
in other media. CSS saves a lot of work. It can control the layout of multiple
webpages all at once. External stylesheets are stored in CSS files.
3.2 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:

 Operating System
 SQL Server
 Testing- is done via WAMPSERVER.
 Web browsers: Mozilla Firefox, Google chrome, Opera and Internet Explorer
 Reporting Tool i.e. through Data Report.
3.3 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:

 Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3/Vista SP1/Windows 7
Professional:
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 Processor: 800MHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent

 Memory: 512 MB
 Disk space: 750 MB of free disk space
FRONT-END AND BACK-END

In their most general meanings, the terms front end and back end refer to the initial
and the end stages of a process flow. In software design, the front-end is the part of
a software system that deals with the user, and the back-end is the part that
processes the input from the front-end. The separation of software systems into
"front ends" and "back ends" is a kind of abstraction that helps to keep different parts
of the system separated. The general idea is that the front-end is responsible for
collecting input from the user, which can be in a variety of forms, and processing it in
such a way that it conforms to a specification that the back-end can use. The
connection of the front-end to the back-end is a kind of interface.
Front-end and back-end are terms used to characterize program interfaces
and services relative to the initial user of these interfaces and services. (The "user"
may be a human being or a program.) A ”front-end” application is one that
application users interact with directly. A "back-end" application or program serves
indirectly in support of the front-end services, usually by being closer to the required
resource or having the capability to communicate with the required resource. The
back-end application may interact directly with the front-end or, perhaps more
typically, is a program called from an intermediate program that mediates front-end
and back-end activities. These terms acquire more special meanings in particular
areas: -
(1) For software applications, front end is the same as user interface.
(2) In client/server applications, the client part of the program is often called the front
end and the server part is called the back end.
(3) Compilers, the programs that translate source code into object code, are often
composed of two parts: a front end and a back end. The front end is responsible for
checking syntax and detecting errors, whereas the back end performs the actual
translation into object code.
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5. Data Modelling
5.1 LIST OF TABLES:
1. Tbl_Administrator
2. Tbl_Candidates
3. Tbl_Members
4. Tbl_Positions
1. Tbl_Administration
2. Tbl_Candidates
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3. Tbl_Members
4. Tbl_Positions
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5.2 Database Queries
Createdatabasepoll
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `tbadministrators` (
àdmin_id` int(5) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`first_name` varchar(45) NOT NULL,
`last_name` varchar(45) NOT NULL,
èmail` varchar(45) NOT NULL,
`password` varchar(45) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (àdmin_id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=3 ;
INSERT INTO `tbadministrators` (àdmin_id`, `first_name`, `last_name`, èmail`,

`password`) VALUES
(1, 'Kimani', 'Kahiga', '[email protected]', '21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3');
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `tbcandidates` (

`candidate_id` int(5) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`candidate_name` varchar(45) NOT NULL,
`candidate_position` varchar(45) NOT NULL,
`candidate_cvotes` int(11) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`candidate_id`)
INSERT INTO `tbcandidates` (`candidate_id`, `candidate_name`, `candidate_position`,

`candidate_cvotes`) VALUES
(3, 'Deepika Dubey', 'Chairperson', 9),
(4, 'Rajeev Prasad', 'Chairperson', 20),
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `tbmembers` (

`member_id` int(5) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
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`first_name` varchar(45) NOT NULL,

`last_name` varchar(45) NOT NULL,
èmail` varchar(45) NOT NULL,
`password` varchar(45) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`member_id`)
INSERT INTO `tbpositions` (`position_id`, `position_name`) VALUES

(1, 'Chairperson'),
(2, 'Secretary'),
(5, 'Vice-Secretary'),
(7, 'Organizing-Secretary'),
(8, 'Treasurer'),
(9, 'Vice-Treasurer'),
(10, 'Vice-Chairperson'),
(11, 'HOD');
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6. Snapshot
6.1 ADMIN SCREENSHOTS
Login Page:
Admin Username and Password is required to login into the admin zone of Online
Polling/Voting System.
Home Page:
This is the home page of admin. Here the admin can manage the candidates, manage
the positions for which the election is going to be held, see the poll results and update
the admin profile also.
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Manage Administrator:
Here the admin can update his account details if required.
Manage Positions:
On this page admin can add new positions on which the election is going to held like
chairperson, chief minister, etc. Also the admin can delete the previously added
positions.
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Manage Candidates:
By going through this page the admin can enroll the name of the candidates on
specific position for the election process. Admin can also delete the candidates
name enrolled previously.
Poll Result:
All the poll results database is stored here. Her the admin can easily see the result of
the elections on different positions.
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6.2 STUDENT/USER SCREENSHOTS
Login Page:
If the student is already registered then he/she can easily login by his/her username
and password.
Registration Page:
All the new students will have to register first for participating in the voting process
otherwise he/she is not allowed to vote any candidate. After the registration the
student can easily login to this website to vote for his favourite candidate.
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Home Page:
This is the home page of the Online Voting System. Here the user can easily vote to
any candidate by going through the particular link as well as the user can update his
profile also is required.
Current Polls:
On this page the voter can check , on which positions the election is running on and
he can give his valuable vote according to his choice.
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Manage My Profile Page:
If any registered user want to update his profile than he can easily do the changes in
his profile my going through this page.
Logout Page:
The voter can log out his account by clicking on the ‘log out’ option.
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7. Coding
Index.html
<html>
<head>
<link href="css/user_styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script language="JavaScript" src="js/user.js">
</script>
</head><body style="background:url(images/AS.jpg)">
<center><img src = "images/logo" alt="site logo"></a></center><br>
<b><div style="background-color:none; min-height: 100px; font-family: Elephant;
font-weight: bold;
text-shadow: 4px 4px 3px black; font-size: 60px; color: darkred;"><marquee> Online
Polling System</marquee></div></b><br><br>
<div id="page">
<div id="header">
<h1>Student Login </h1>
<div class="news"><marquee>New polls are up and running. But they will not be up
forever! Just Login and then go to Current Polls to vote for your favourite candidates.
</marquee></div>
</div>
<div id="container">
<table width="300" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"
bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<tr>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="checklogin.php" onsubmit="return
loginValidate(this)">
<td>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="tan">
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<tr>
<td width="78">Username/Email</td>
<td width="6">:</td>
<td width="294"><input name="myusername" type="text" id="myusername">
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Password</td><td>:</td>
<td><input name="mypassword" type="password" id="mypassword"></td>
</tr><tr><td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Login"></td>
</tr></table></td>
</form></tr></table>
<center>
<br>Not yet registered? <a href="registeracc.php"><b>Register Here</b></a>
</center></div>
<div id="footer">
<div class="bottom_addr">© 2019 Online Polling System. All Rights
Reserved.</div>
</div></div>
</body></html>
Index.php
<html><head>
</script>
</head><body style="background:url(images/flag.jpg)">

font-weight: bold;
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text-shadow: 4px 4px 3px black; font-size: 60px; color: darkblue;"><marquee

behavior="alternate"> Online Polling System</marquee></div></b><br><br>
<style> .class{font-size: 20px; color: white;}</style>
<div id="page">
<div id="header">
<h1>Student Login </h1>
<div class="news"><marquee behavior="alternate">New polls are up and running.
But they will not be up forever! Just Login and then go to Current Polls to vote for
your favourite candidates. </marquee></div>
</div>
background= "rgba(0,0,0,0.5)">
<tr>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="checklogin.php" onSubmit="return
<td>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" background=
"rgba(0,0,0,0.1)">
<tr>
<td width="294"><input name="myusername" type="text"
id="myusername"></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Password</td>
<td>:</td>
<td><input name="mypassword" type="password" id="mypassword"></td></tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Login"></td></tr></table>
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</td></form></tr></table>
<center>
<br>Not yet registered? <a href="registeracc.php"><b>Register Here</b></a>
</center></div>
<div id="footer">
Reserved</div>
</div></div>
</body></html>
Registration.php
<html><head>
<link href=”css/user_styles.css” rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” />
<script language=”JavaScript” src=”js/user.js”>
</script>
</head><body style=”background:url(images/AS.jpg)”>
<b><div style=”background-color:none; min-height: 100px; font-family: Elephant;

font-weight: bold;
text-shadow: 4px 4px 3px black; font-size: 60px; color: darkblue;”><center> Online
Polling System</center></div></b><br><br>
<div id=”page”>
<div id=”header”>
<h1>Student Registration </h1>
<div class=”news”><marquee behavior=”alternate”>New polls are up and running.
But they will not be up forever! Just Login and then go to Current Polls to vote for
your favourate candidates. </marquee></div>
</div>
<div id=”container”>
<?php
require(‘connection.php’);
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//Process
if (isset($_POST[‘submit’]))
$myFirstName = addslashes( $_POST[‘firstname’] ); //prevents types of SQL
injection
$myLastName = addslashes( $_POST[‘lastname’] ); //prevents types of SQL
injection
$myEmail = $_POST[‘email’];
$myPassword = $_POST[‘password’];
$newpass = md5($myPassword); //This will make your password encrypted into

md5, a high security hash
$sql = mysql_query( “INSERT INTO tbMembers(first_name, last_name, email,

password) VALUES (‘$myFirstName’,’$myLastName’, ‘$myEmail’, ‘$newpass’)” )
or die( mysql_error() );
die( “You have registered for an account.<br><br>Go to <a
href=\”index.php\”>Login</a>” );
}
echo “<center><h3>Register an account by filling in the needed information
below:</h3></center><br><br>”;
echo ‘<form action=”registeracc.php” method=”post” onsubmit=”return
registerValidate(this)”>’;
echo ‘<table align=”center”><tr><td>’;
echo “<tr><td>First Name:</td><td><input type=’text’ style=’background-
color:#999999; font-weight:bold;’ name=’firstname’ maxlength=’15’
value=’’></td></tr>”;
echo “<tr><td>Last Name:</td><td><input type=’text’ style=’background-
color:#999999; font-weight:bold;’ name=’lastname’ maxlength=’15’
echo “<tr><td>Email Address:</td><td><input type=’text’ style=’background-
color:#999999; font-weight:bold;’ name=’email’ maxlength=’100’ value=’’></td></tr>”;
echo “<tr><td>Password:</td><td><input type=’password’ style=’background-
color:#999999; font-weight:bold;’ name=’password’ maxlength=’15’
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echo “<tr><td>Confirm Password:</td><td><input type=’password’

style=’background-color:#999999; font-weight:bold;’ name=’ConfirmPassword’
maxlength=’15’ value=’’></td></tr>”;
echo “<tr><td> </td><td><input type=’submit’ name=’submit’ value=’Register
Account’/></td></tr>”;
echo “<tr><td colspan = ‘2’><p>Already have an account? <a
href=’index.php’><b>Login Here</b></a></td></tr>”;
echo “</tr></td></table>”;
echo “</form>”;
?>
</div>
<div id=”footer”>
<div class=”bottom_addr”>© 2019 Online Polling System. All Rights
Reserved.</div>
</div></div>
</body></html>
Login
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv=”Content-Type” content=”text/html; charset=iso-8859-1” />
<title>Polling System Access Denied</title>
<link href=”css/user_styles.css” rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” />
</head>
<body style=”background:url(images/vote.jpg)”>
<b><div style=”background-color:none; min-height: 100px; font-family: Elephant;
font-weight: bold;
text-shadow: 4px 4px 3px orange; font-size: 60px; color: darkred;”><marquee>
Online Polling System</marquee></div></b><br><br>
<body>
<div id=”page”>
<div id=”header”>
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<h1>Invalid Credentials Provided </h1>

<p align=”center”> </p>
</div>
<div id=”container”>
<?php
ini_set (“display_errors”, “1”);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ob_start();
session_start();
require(‘connection.php’);
// Defining your login details into variables

$myusername=$_POST[‘myusername’];
$mypassword=$_POST[‘mypassword’];
$encrypted_mypassword=md5($mypassword); //MD5 Hash for security

// MySQL injection protections
$myusername = stripslashes($myusername);
$mypassword = stripslashes($mypassword);
$myusername = mysql_real_escape_string($myusername);
$mypassword = mysql_real_escape_string($mypassword);
$sql=”SELECT * FROM tbmembers WHERE email=’$myusername’ and

password=’$encrypted_mypassword’” or die(mysql_error());
$result=mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
// Checking table row
$count=mysql_num_rows($result);
// If username and password is a match, the count will be 1
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if($count==1){
// If everything checks out, you will now be forwarded to student.php
$user = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
$_SESSION[‘member_id’] = $user[‘member_id’];
header(“location:student.php”);
}
//If the username or password is wrong, you will receive this message below.
Else {
echo “Wrong Username or Password<br><br>Return to <a
href=\”index.php\”>login</a>”;
}
ob_end_flush();
?>
</div>
<div id=”footer”>
<div class=”bottom_addr”>© 2019 Online Polling System. All Rights
Reserved.</div>
</div></div>
</body></html>
Save.php
<?php
require('connection.php');
session_start();
//If your session isn't valid, it returns you to the login screen for protection
if(empty($_SESSION['member_id'])){
header("location:access-denied.php");
}
?>
<?php
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// retrieving positions sql query

$positions=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tbPositions")
or die("There are no records to display ... \n" . mysql_error());
?>
<?php
// retrieval sql query
// check if Submit is set in POST
if (isset($_POST['Submit']))
{
// get position value
$position = addslashes( $_POST['position'] ); //prevents types of SQL injection
// retrieve based on position
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tbCandidates WHERE
candidate_position='$position'")
or die(" There are no records at the moment ... \n");
// redirect back to vote
//header("Location: vote.php");
}
else
// do something
?>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Online Polling System:Voting Page</title>
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
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function getVote(int)
{
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else
{// code for IE6, IE5
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
if(confirm("Your vote is for "+int))
{
xmlhttp.open("GET","save.php?vote="+int,true);
xmlhttp.send();
}
else
{
alert("Choose another candidate ");
}
}
function getPosition(String)
{
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else
{// code for IE6, IE5
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
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xmlhttp.open("GET","vote.php?position="+String,true);
xmlhttp.send();
}
</script>
$(document).ready(function(){
var j = jQuery.noConflict();
j(document).ready(function()
{
j(".refresh").everyTime(1000,function(i){
j.ajax({
url: "admin/refresh.php",
cache: false,
success: function(html){
j(".refresh").html(html);
}
})
})
});
j('.refresh').css({color:"green"});
});
</script>
</head>
<body style="background:url(images/AS.jpg)">
font-weight: bold;
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text-shadow: 4px 4px 3px black; font-size: 60px; color: darkblue;"><center>Online

<style>.brought{font-size: 20px; color: white;} </style>
<body>
<div id="page">
<div id="header">
<h1>CURRENT POLLS</h1>
<a href="student.php">Home</a> | <a href="vote.php">Current Polls</a> | <a
href="manage-profile.php">Manage My Profile</a> | <a
href="logout.php">Logout</a>
</div>
<div class="refresh">
</div>
<table width="420" align="center">
<form name="fmNames" id="fmNames" method="post" action="vote.php"
onSubmit="return positionValidate(this)">
<tr>
<td>Choose Position</td>
<td><SELECT NAME="position" id="position" onclick="getPosition(this.value)">
<OPTION VALUE="select">select
<?php
//loop through all table rows
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($positions)){
echo "<OPTION VALUE=$row[position_name]>$row[position_name]";
//mysql_free_result($positions_retrieved);
//mysql_close($link);
}
?>
</SELECT></td>
<td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="See Candidates" /></td></tr>
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<tr>
<td> </td>
<td> </td></tr>
</form></table>
<form>
<tr>
<th>Candidates:</th>
</tr>
<?php
//if (mysql_num_rows($result)>0){
{
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['candidate_name']."</td>";
echo "<td><input type='radio' name='vote' value='$row[candidate_name]'
onclick='getVote(this.value)' /></td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
mysql_free_result($result);
mysql_close($link);
//}
}
else
// do nothing
?>
<tr>
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<h3>NB: Click a circle under a respective candidate to cast your vote. You can't
vote more than once in a respective position. This process can not be undone so
think wisely before casting your vote.</h3>
<td> </td>
</tr></form></table></div>
<div id="footer">
Reserved.</div>
</div></div>
</body></html>
Manageprofile.php
<?php
session_start();
require('connection.php');
if(empty($_SESSION['member_id'])){
}
//retrive student details from the tbmembers table
$result=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tbMembers WHERE member_id =
'$_SESSION[member_id]'")
if (mysql_num_rows($result)<1){
$result = null;
}
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
if($row)
{
// get data from db
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$stdId = $row['member_id'];
$firstName = $row['first_name'];
$lastName = $row['last_name'];
$email = $row['email'];
}
?>
<?php
// updating sql query
if (isset($_POST['update'])){
$myId = addslashes( $_GET[id]);
$myFirstName = addslashes( $_POST['firstname'] ); //prevents types of SQL
injection
$myLastName = addslashes( $_POST['lastname'] ); //prevents types of SQL
injection
$myEmail = $_POST['email'];
$myPassword = $_POST['password'];
$sql = mysql_query( "UPDATE tbMembers SET first_name='$myFirstName',
last_name='$myLastName', email='$myEmail', password='$newpass' WHERE
member_id = '$myId'" )
// redirect back to profile
header("Location: manage-profile.php");
}
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Student Profile Management</title>
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</script>
</head>
<body style="background:url(images/AS.jpg)">
font-weight: bold;
text-shadow: 4px 4px 3px black; font-size: 60px; color: darkblue;"><center> Online
<div id="page">
<div id="header">
<h1>MANAGE MY PROFILE</h1>
<a href="student.php">Home</a> | <a href="vote.php">Current Polls</a> | <a
href="manage-profile.php">Manage My Profile</a> | <a
href="logout.php">Logout</a></div>
<table><tr><td>
<CAPTION><h3>MY PROFILE</h3></CAPTION>
<tr>
<td>Student Id:</td>
<td><?php echo $stdId; ?></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>First Name:</td>
<td><?php echo $firstName; ?></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Last Name:</td>
<td><?php echo $lastName; ?></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Email:</td>
<td><?php echo $email; ?></td></tr>
<tr>
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<td>Password:</td>
<td>Encrypted</td>
</tr></table></td>
<td>
<table border="0" width="620" align="center">
<CAPTION><h3>UPDATE PROFILE</h3></CAPTION>
<form action="manage-profile.php?id=<?php echo $_SESSION['member_id']; ?>"
method="post" onsubmit="return updateProfile(this)">
<table align="center">
<tr><td>First Name:</td><td><input type="text" style="background-color:#999999;
font-weight:bold;" name="firstname" maxlength="15" value=""></td></tr>
<tr><td>Last Name:</td><td><input type="text" style="background-color:#999999;
font-weight:bold;" name="lastname" maxlength="15" value=""></td></tr>
<tr><td>Email Address:</td><td><input type="text" style="background-
color:#999999; font-weight:bold;" name="email" maxlength="100"
value=""></td></tr>
<tr><td>New Password:</td><td><input type="password" style="background-
color:#999999; font-weight:bold;" name="password" maxlength="5"
value=""></td></tr>
<tr><td>Confirm New Password:</td><td><input type="password"
style="background-color:#999999; font-weight:bold;" name="ConfirmPassword"
maxlength="15" value=""></td></tr>
<tr><td> </td></td><td><input type="submit" name="update" value="Update
Profile"></td></tr></table></form></td></tr></table>
<hr>
</div>
<div id="footer">
Reserved.</div></div></div>
</body></html>
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Connection.php
<?php
error_reporting(1);
mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', '') or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db('poll') or die(mysql_error());
?>
Logout.php
<?php
session_start();
?>
<html><head>
</head><body style="background:url(images/vote.jpg)">
font-weight: bold;
text-shadow: 4px 4px 3px orange; font-size: 60px; color: darkred;"><marquee>
<div id="page">
<div id="header">
<h1>Logged Out Successfully </h1>
<p align="center"> </p></div>
<?php
session_destroy();
?>
You have been successfully logged out.<br><br><br>
Return to <a href="index.php">Login</a>
<div id="footer">
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Reserved.</div>
</div></div>
</body></html>
Admin: login.html
<html><head>
<link href="css/admin_styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script language="JavaScript" src="js/admin.js">
</script>
</head><body style="background:url(images/vote.jpg)">
font-weight: bold;
text-shadow: 4px 4px 3px orange; font-size: 60px; color: darkred;"><marquee>
<div id="page">
<div id="header">
<h1>Administrator Login </h1>
<p align="center"> </p>
</div>
<tr>
<td>
"rgba(0,0,0,0.1)">
<tr><td width="78">Username/Email</td>
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<td width="294"><input name="myusername" type="text"

id="myusername"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Password</td>
<td>:</td>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr></table>
</td></form></tr></table>
<center>
</center></div>
<div id="footer">
</body></html>
Admin:accessdenied.php
<html>
<head>
<title>Online Polling System Access Denied</title>
</head>
<body style="background:url(images/vote.jpg)">
<center><img src = "images/logo" alt="site logo"></a></center><br>
<center><b><font color = "brown" size="6">Online Polling
System</font></b></center><br><br>
<body>
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<div id="page">
<div id="header">
<h1>Access Denied</h1><a href="admin.php">Home</a> | <a href="manage-
admins.php">Manage Administrators</a> | <a href="positions.php">Manage
Positions</a> | <a href="candidates.php">Manage Candidates</a> | <a
href="results.php">Poll Results</a></div>
<div class="err">Access Denied!</div>
<p>You don't have access to this resource. <a href="login.html">Click here</a> to
login first.</p></div>
<div id="footer">
<div class="bottom_addr">© 2019 Online Polling System.Code-
Projects</div></div></div>
</body>
</html>
Admin:index.php
<html><head>
</script>
</head><body style="background:url(images/flag.jpg)">
font-weight: bold;
text-shadow: 4px 4px 3px black; font-size: 60px; color: darkred;"><marquee
behavior="alternate"> Online Polling System</marquee></div></b><br><br>
<div id="page">
<div id="header">
<h1>Administrator Login </h1>
<p align="center"> </p></div>
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<tr>
<td>
"rgba(0,0,0,0.1)">
<tr>
<td width="294"><input name="myusername" type="text" id="myusername"></td>
</tr>
<tr><td>Password</td>
<td>:</td>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr></table></td></form></tr></table>
<center>
</center></div>
<div id="footer">
Reserved.</div>
</div></div>
</body></html>
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Admin login.php
<html><head>
<title>Online Polling System Access Denied</title>
</head>
<body style="background:url(images/vote.jpg)">
<body>
<div id="page">
<div id="header">
<h1>Invalid Credentials Provided </h1>
</div>
<?php
ini_set ("display_errors", "1");
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ob_start();
session_start();
require('../connection.php');
$tbl_name="tbAdministrators"; // Table name

// Defining your login details into variables
$myusername=$_POST['myusername'];
$mypassword=$_POST['mypassword'];
$encrypted_mypassword=md5($mypassword); //MD5 Hash for security
// MySQL injection protections
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$myusername = stripslashes($myusername);
$mypassword = stripslashes($mypassword);
$myusername = mysql_real_escape_string($myusername);
$mypassword = mysql_real_escape_string($mypassword);
$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name WHERE email='$myusername' and
password='$encrypted_mypassword'" or die(mysql_error());
$result=mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
// Checking table row
$count=mysql_num_rows($result);
// If username and password is a match, the count will be 1
if($count==1){
// If everything checks out, you will now be forwarded to admin.php
$user = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
$_SESSION['admin_id'] = $user['admin_id'];
header("location:admin.php");
}
//If the username or password is wrong, you will receive this message below.
else {
echo "Wrong Username or Password<br><br>Return to <a
href=\"login.html\">login</a>";
}
ob_end_flush();
?>
</div>
<div id="footer">
Reserved.</div>
</div></div></body>
</html>
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Update Admin Profile

<?php
session_start();
?>
<html><head>
</script>
</head><body style="background:url(images/logo.jpg)">
<div id="page">
<div id="header">
<h1>MANAGE ADMINISTRATORS </h1>
<a href="admin.php">Home</a> | <a href="manage-admins.php">Manage
Administrators</a> | <a href="positions.php">Manage Positions</a> | <a
href="candidates.php">Manage Candidates</a> | <a href="refresh.php">Poll
Results</a> | <a href="logout.php">Logout</a>
</div>
<?php
if(empty($_SESSION['admin_id'])){
}
//Process
if (isset($_POST['submit']))
{
injection
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injection
$sql = mysql_query( "INSERT INTO tbAdministrators(first_name, last_name, email,
password) VALUES ('$myFirstName','$myLastName', '$myEmail', '$newpass')" )
die( "A new administrator account has been created." );
}
//Process
if (isset($_GET['id']) && isset($_POST['update']))
{
$myId = addslashes( $_GET['id']);
injection
injection
$sql = mysql_query( "UPDATE tbAdministrators SET first_name='$myFirstName',
last_name='$myLastName', email='$myEmail', password='$newpass' WHERE
admin_id = '$myId'" )
die( "An administrator account has been updated." );
}
?>
<tr><td>
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<form action="manage-admins.php?id=<?php echo $_SESSION['admin_id']; ?>"

method="post" onSubmit="return updateProfile(this)">
<CAPTION><h4>UPDATE ACCOUNT</h4></CAPTION>
value=""></td></tr>
<tr><td>New Password:</td><td><input type="password" style="background-
value=""></td></tr>
<tr><td>Confirm New Password:</td><td><input type="password"
style="background-color:#999999; font-weight:bold;" name="ConfirmPassword"
maxlength="15" value=""></td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td><input type="submit" name="update" value="Update
Account"></td></tr>
</table></form></td>
<td>
<form action="manage-admins.php" method="post" onSubmit="return
registerValidate(this)">
<CAPTION><h4>CREATE ACCOUNT</h4></CAPTION>
value=""></td></tr>
<tr><td>Password:</td><td><input type="password" style="background-
value=""></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Confirm Password:</td><td><input type="password" style="background-

color:#999999; font-weight:bold;" name="ConfirmPassword" maxlength="15"
value=""></td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Create
Account"></td></tr>
</table></form></td>
</tr></table></div>
<div id="footer">
Reserved.</div>
</div></div>
</body></html>
VotingPositions.php
<?php
session_start();
}
//retrive positions from the tbpositions table
$result=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tbPositions")
$result = null;
}
?>
<?php
// inserting sql query
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{
$newPosition = addslashes( $_POST['position'] ); //prevents types of SQL injection
$sql = mysql_query( "INSERT INTO tbPositions(position_name) VALUES
('$newPosition')" )
or die("Could not insert position at the moment". mysql_error() );
// redirect back to positions
header("Location: positions.php");
}
?>
<?php
// deleting sql query
// check if the 'id' variable is set in URL
if (isset($_GET['id']))
{
// get id value
$id = $_GET['id'];
// delete the entry
$result = mysql_query("DELETE FROM tbPositions WHERE position_id='$id'")
or die("The position does not exist ... \n");
// redirect back to positions
header("Location: positions.php");
}
else
// do nothing
?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Administration Control Panel:Positions</title>
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</script>
</head>
<body style="background:url(images/logo.jpg)">
<div id="page">
<div id="header">
<h1>MANAGE POSITIONS</h1>
</div>
<CAPTION><h3>ADD NEW POSITION</h3></CAPTION>
<form name="fmPositions" id="fmPositions" action="positions.php" method="post"
onsubmit="return positionValidate(this)">
<tr>
<td>Position Name</td>
<td><input type="text" name="position" /></td>
<td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Add" /></td></tr></table>
<hr><table border="0" width="420" align="center">
<CAPTION><h3>AVAILABLE POSITIONS</h3></CAPTION>
<tr><th>Position ID</th>
<th>Position Name</th></tr>
<?php
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echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['position_id']."</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['position_name']."</td>";
echo '<td><a href="positions.php?id=' . $row['position_id'] . '">Delete
Position</a></td>';
echo "</tr>";
}
mysql_close($link);
?>
</table>
<hr>
</div>
<div id="footer">
</body></html>
Candidates.php
<?php
session_start();
}
//retrive candidates from the tbcandidates table
$result=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tbCandidates")
$result = null;
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}
?>
<?php
// retrieving positions sql query

$positions_retrieved=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tbPositions")
/*
$row = mysql_fetch_array($positions_retrieved);
if($row)
{
// get data from db
$positions = $row['position_name'];
}
*/
?>
<?php
// inserting sql query
{
$newCandidateName = addslashes( $_POST['name'] ); //prevents types of SQL
injection
$newCandidatePosition = addslashes( $_POST['position'] ); //prevents types of SQL
injection
$sql = mysql_query( "INSERT INTO
tbCandidates(candidate_name,candidate_position) VALUES
('$newCandidateName','$newCandidatePosition')" )
or die("Could not insert candidate at the moment". mysql_error() );
// redirect back to candidates

header("Location: candidates.php");
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}
?>
<?php
// deleting sql query
// check if the 'id' variable is set in URL
if (isset($_GET['id']))
{
// get id value
$id = $_GET['id'];
// delete the entry

$result = mysql_query("DELETE FROM tbCandidates WHERE candidate_id='$id'")
or die("The candidate does not exist ... \n");
// redirect back to candidates
header("Location: candidates.php");
}
else
// do nothing
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Administration Control Panel:Candidates</title>
</script>
</head>
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<div id="page">
<div id="header">
<h1>MANAGE CANDIDATES</h1>
</div>
<CAPTION><h3>ADD NEW CANDIDATE</h3></CAPTION>
<form name="fmCandidates" id="fmCandidates" action="candidates.php"
method="post" onsubmit="return candidateValidate(this)">
<tr>
<td>Candidate Name</td>
<td><input type="text" name="name" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Candidate Position</td>

<td><SELECT NAME="position" id="position">select
<OPTION VALUE="select">select
<?php
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($positions_retrieved)){
echo "<OPTION VALUE=$row[position_name]>$row[position_name]";
//mysql_free_result($positions_retrieved);
//mysql_close($link);
}
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?>
</SELECT></td></tr>
<tr><td> </td>
<td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Add" /></td></tr></table>
<hr>
<table border="0" width="620" align="center">
<CAPTION><h3>AVAILABLE CANDIDATES</h3></CAPTION>
<tr>
<th>Candidate ID</th>
<th>Candidate Name</th>
<th>Candidate Position</th>
</tr>
<?php
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['candidate_id']."</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['candidate_name']."</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['candidate_position']."</td>";
echo '<td><a href="candidates.php?id=' . $row['candidate_id'] . '">Delete
Candidate</a></td>';
echo "</tr>";
}
mysql_close($link);
?>
</table><hr>
</div>
<div id="footer">
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<div class="bottom_addr">© 2019 Online Polling System.</div></div></div>

</body></html>
Result.php
<?php
session_start();
}
?>
<html><head>
<script language="javascript" src="js/jquery-1.2.6.min.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" src="js/jquery.timers-1.0.0.js"></script>
$(document).ready(function(){
var j = jQuery.noConflict();
j(document).ready(function()
{
j(".refresh").everyTime(1000,function(i){
j.ajax({
url: "refresh.php",
cache: false,
success: function(html){
j(".refresh").html(html);
}
})
})
});
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j('.refresh').css({color:"green"});
});
</script></head>
<body></body></html>
Admin Logout.php
<html><head>
<link href="css/admin_styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /></head>
font-weight: bold;
text-shadow: 4px 4px 3px black; font-size: 60px; color: darkred;"><marquee> Online
Polling System</marquee></div></b><br><br>
<div id="page">
<div id="header">
<h1>Logged Out Successfully </h1>
</div>
<?
session_start();
session_destroy();
?>
You have been successfully logged out of your control panel.<br><br><br>
Return to <a href="login.html">Login</a>
<div id="footer">
Reserved.</div>
</div></div>
</body></html>
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8. FUTURE SCOPE
Well, the future of this project lies in the hand of our users. Although I also have a part
to play. This is through enhancing the features of this system by introducing concepts
and functionalities which are trending with other systems. However, maintenance is
the most important thing that determines the future of a software. By constant
maintenance, debugging and providing security checks I hope the system should be
able to survive those future challenges. One most important thing is that if this project
is able to be adopted by any college and private sectors for election purpose, then it
is going to be a remarkable achievement for the system as well as the team. This is
why I hope to re-introduce the idea of using online voting system through campaign
and promos to enlighten the general public on the importance of digitalizing elections
and all forms of voting for the betterment of the people, security, and fairness.
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9. CONCLUSION
This Online Voting System is simple and indigenous. It has an authentication feature
that will manage the Voter’s information by which voter can login and use his/her voting
rights. There is a database in which all the names of voters with complete information
is stored and it provides the tools for maintaining voter’s vote to every candidate and
also computes the total number of votes of every candidate. Online voting offers speed
and convenience to the voter and considerable ease to election administrators as they
can get election results out more quickly than conventional methods of manual voting
since vote counting is just a matter of querying the database. This Online Voting
system will manage the Voter’s information by which voter can login and use his voting
rights. The system will incorporate all features of Voting system. It provides the tools
for maintaining voter’s vote to every party and it count total no. of votes of every party.
There is a DATABASE which is maintained by the ADMINISTRATOR in which all the
names of voter with complete information is stored. In this every user can register
his/her information on the database and when he/she want to vote he/she has to login
by his id and password and can vote to any party only single time. Voting detail store
in database and the result is displayed by calculation. By online voting system
percentage of voting is increases. It decreases the cost and time of voting process. It
is very easy to use and It is very less time consuming. It is very easy to debug.
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10. Bibliography
Book reference
1. Head first PHP & MySQL
By lynn Beighley & Michael Morrison
Published by O’ Reilly Media, INC.,1005 Gravenstein Highway
North, Sebastopol, ca 95472.
2. Learning PHP, MySQL, JAVASCRIPT & CSS
By Robin Nixon (2010)
Published by O’ Reilly media, INC.,1005 Gravenstein Highway
3. Software Engineering
By Ian Sommerville (2010)
Published by O’ Reilly Media, INC.,1005 Gravenstein Highway
Website Reference:
www.tutorialpoint.com
www.w3school.com
www.studypoint.com
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ONLINE VOTING/POLLING SYSTEM

USING HTML, CSS, PHP, Bootstrap, JavaScript & MySQL

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of

Computer Science & Engineering

BTEUP Enrollment No.: E1610235500025

KM. MAYAWATI GOVERNMENT GIRLS POLYTECHNIC,

KM. MAYAWATI GOVERNMENT GIRLS POLYTECHNIC,

Date: Prem Shankar, Lecturer (CSE)

KM. MAYAWATI GOVERNMENT GIRLS POLYTECHNIC,

To the best of my knowledge, the matter embodied in the project report

Date: Prem Shankar Singh Yadav

The Diploma in CSE Viva-Voce examination of Preeti Singh,

Signature of Supervisor Signature of HOD Signature of Examiner

encouraged me to work in an innovative and challenging project for Educational field.

opportunity to present this project.

conventionally chose for my platform. As mentioned above, Online Voting/Polling

abstracts however, is an executive overview of what I intend to incorporate in my

“ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM” is an online voting technique. In this system any

1.1. SIGNIFICANCE OF PROJECT

4. In addition, I also decided to undertake this project so that it serves as an avenue

i. Require a smaller number of staffs during the election.

1.2. PROJECT FEATURES

1.3. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT

4. To examine the potential relationship between the different existing systems, at

1.4. INTENDED AUDIENCES

1.5. PROBLEM DEFINITION

1.6. Problems with the Existing Voter Registration System

1.7. EXISTING ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM

1.8. PROPOSED SYSTEM

2.0. SYSTEM ANALYSIS

2.2.1. FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS

 OPERATIONAL FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS:

 TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS:

 ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS:

 SOCIAL & BEHAVIOURAL FEASIBILITY:

 Whether the user be able to adapt a new change or not?

2.2.2. Request Approval: -

2.2.3. System Analysis: -

2.2.4. System Design: -

 Logical System Design

2.3. Process Description: -

2.4. PROJECT MODEL USED: -

System Design and Software Design

Implementing and Unit Testing

Integration and System Testing

password ADMIN Lname

2.6. Data Flow Diagram: -

Voter Information Voting Final

Voter data stored data voting data final result

Administration Election Commission

DFD: Level 2.1

3.0 Software/ Hardware Requirements

3.1 INTRODUCTION OF LANGUAGES USED:

3.2 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:

3.3 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:

 Processor: 800MHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent

FRONT-END AND BACK-END

5.2 Database Queries

<div class="bottom_addr">© 2019 Online Polling System. All Rights

<div class="bottom_addr">© 2019 Online Polling System.</div></div></div>