Electronic Voting Machine Documentation

Student Minor Research Project
ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE DEMO

PROGRAM IN C++
Under RUSA 2.0 Scheme

(Through Ch.S.D.St.Theresa’s College for Women (Autonomous), Eluru,
AP)
Submitted by
Ms Y S Neeraja, III B.Sc. MECs (Reg.No.11705004)
Ms B Likitha, III B.Sc. MECs (Reg.NO.11705005)
Under the guidance of

Smt.Ch.Lakshmi
Assistant Professor & Project Advisor
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

SRI Y N COLLEGE
(AUTONOMOUS)
Thrice Accredited by NAAC at ‘A’ Grade
Recognized by UGC as “College with Potential for Excellence”
Narsapur-534275, AP, India
December -2019
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
SRI Y N COLLEGE
(AUTONOMOUS)
Thrice Accredited by NAAC at ‘A’ Grade
Recognized by UGC as “College with Potential for Excellence”
Narsapur-534275, AP, India
CERTIFICate
This is to certify that the project work entitled “Electronic
Voting Machine Demo Program in C++” is bonafide work
carried out by Ms Y S Neeraja (Reg.No: 11705004), Ms B.Likitha
(Reg.No: 11705005), submitted in Third Year of the degree B.Sc. in
Computer Science during the year 2019-20 is an authentic work under
my supervision and guidance.
To the best of my knowledge, the matter embodied in the project
work has not been submitted to any other College/Institute.
Date: 29-12-2019 Smt.Ch.Lakshmi

Project Advisor
Dept.of Computer Science
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We place on record and warmly acknowledge the continuous

encouragement, invaluable supervision, timely suggestions and inspired
guidance offered by our Project advisor, Smt.Ch.Lakshmi, Assistant
Professor, Dept.of Computer Science, Sri Y N College (Autonomous),
Narsapur in bringing this report to a successful completion.
We are grateful to Ms. K R Sravanthi, Asst.Professor, Dept. of

Computer Science for permitting us to make use of the facilities
available in the department to carry out the project successfully. Last
but not the least we express our sincere thanks to all of our friends who
have patiently extended all sorts of help for accomplishing this
undertaking.
Finally we extend our gratefulness to one and all who are directly
or indirectly involved in the successful completion of this project work.
Ms. Y S Neeraja Ms. B Likitha
III B.Sc MECs III B.Sc MECs
Reg. No 11705004 Reg. No.11705005

DECLARATION
We, the undersigned, declare that the project entitled “Electronic

Voting Machine Demo Program in C++”, being submitted in Third Year
of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Sri Y N College
(Autonomous), is the work carried out by us.
Ms. Y S Neeraja Ms. B Likitha
III B.Sc MECs III B.Sc MECs
Reg. No 11705004 Reg. No.11705005

ABSTRACT
Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) is a simple electronic device used to record votes in place of ballot
papers and boxes which were used earlier in conventional voting system. Fundamental right to vote or
simply voting in elections forms the basis of democracy. All earlier elections be it state elections or
centre elections a voter used to cast his/her favorite candidate by putting the stamp against his/her
name and then folding the ballot paper as per a prescribed method before putting it in the Ballot Box.
This is a long, time-consuming process and very much prone to errors.
This situation continued till election scene was completely changed by electronic voting machine. No
more ballot paper, ballot boxes, stamping, etc. all this condensed into a simple box called ballot unit
of the electronic voting machine. Because biometric identifiers cannot be easily misplaced, forged, or
shared, they are considered more reliable for person recognition than traditional token or knowledge
based methods.
So the Electronic voting system has to be improved based on the current technologies viz., biometric
system. This project discusses the Electronic Voting Machine by using the software program in C++.
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INDEX
CONTENTS PAGE No.
1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATION 7
3. SYSTEM DESIGN 12
4. TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION 22
5. CODING 26
6. SCREENSHOTS 33
7. CONCLUSION 36
8. BIBLIOGRAPHY 38
1. INTRODUCTION
The function of compiling, editing and processing data makes the voting system complicated
and tedious process. Electronic voting system is an effort in the direction to use computer for
the purpose of voting system. It is both user friendly as well as time saving.
This is a foundation level. Emphasis has been given in this application to replicate all the
processes required in a traditional system. EVM system is a self-sufficient with all the
information required about the voters, candidate and votes. Once the information is fed to the
system it can identify individual voters, their votes and the candidates. Tedious function such
as counting the votes has been simplified in this system. The basic function of the polling has
been reduced to single operation. A single polling manager can manage large number of
voters.
The program code has been Written in ‘C++’ language has been chosen because of its
procedural nature and the flexibility it provides in interacting with hardware and operating
system efficiently.
NEED TO COMPUTARISE THE SYSTEM

Information is needed in the organization for planning, staffing and controlling purposes.
Regardless of the nature of the information required, the information should process the
characteristics of accuracy, timeliness and relevancy. In the recent years need for information
improvement by reports lacking one or more of these characteristics and by increased paper
work volume, rising casts and pressures from outside changes.
Fortunately computers thrive on repetitive large volume processing tasks, are fast and accurate.
The processing capability in many organizations has been stained by:
1. Growth in size and complexity of the organization.
2. The increased requirements for data from external sources.
3. The demand of administrators for more information.
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More than a million new pages of data are generated each minute of the day in offices .
Compare to other processing method, the use of computers may make it possible for certain
administrative costs to be reduced while the level of processing activity remains stable. The
increased cost and clerical labor materials and other expenses associated with the data
processing operation require eventual managerial attention.
We all agree that meaningful information is timely information. But with an increase in
volume and size of an organization, there is only a reduction in the speed of processing.
Rapid changes are taking place in the world socially, economically and technically. Such
changes have a significant impact on the environment which organization must operate on the
planning that managers must do and on the information that must have. Many educational
administrators are responsible for supervising the activities of a large number of schools
scattered over a district. They must have accurate information if they are to control such an
effort properly. But if a data processing operation is stained to or beyond the capacity for
which it was originally planned, inaccuracies will begin to appear. Inadequate control will
permit inadequate performance. Thus the administrator will logically demand better quality in
the information he receives. It is due to these reassures (increased paper work volume, cost,
pressure from outside changes demand for timeliness and demand for quality) that most if the
organization today is opting for computers to do data processing for them.
Computers are most efficient used in processing operation that includes:-
Large volume of input:- Greater the volume of data that must be processed to produce the
needed information, the more economical computer processing becomes relative to other
possible methods.
Repetition of projects: - Because of the expenses involved in preparing a task for computer
processing, it is frequently more economical to use the computer for repetitive purpose.
Desired and necessary greater speed in processing:- Greater the need for timely
information, greater will be quite accurate if the task to be performed has been properly
prepared.
THE VOTING SYSTEM:
The voting system can be described as “A process in which the input (voter) votes in favors
of a given decision (candidate)”. Votes are procured, counted and a statically result is
provided.
Traditionally there are two basic types of voting system:-
Open voting system: - In this system the voter votes in favors of a decision without hiding
his identity, example of system is rising of hands. This is in itself a very elementary system
and useful when the level of decision to be taken is comparatively less effective to the voter.
The number of voters should be less and countable and discipline and honestly is maintained
by the voters. The voting system is people oriented.
Second voting system: - In this system identity of the voter is hidden and once the vote has
been given it is not possible identifies a given vote with the voter. In this system paper work
is usually done, as the identity of the voter has to be concealed. A very large number of voters
can take part in such system. The whole process in itself system oriented and have security
secrecy and counting becomes easier.
Computer Voting System
Manual voting system at large scale becomes a tiring and costly affair in terms of money,
manpower and time. The use of computer can easily reduce the effort and make voting an
easy as well as voter and candidate friendly affairs. It can reduce the amount of money spent,
manpower and time to a very large extent.
In the present system of voting the individual votes are registered in form of ballot papers.
The names of candidates is written or printed in the ballot papers in serial orders, which can
be easily recognized by the voters. A separate list of voters is made so that the voters can be
allowed to sequentially and chances of non-voters or revolting of an individual can be
controlled. The whole system is done under the control of a residing officer. Each voter is
given a ballot paper on which he stamps his individual choice. The ballot paper is then folded
in a particular way and then insert in the ballot box. As soon as an individual voter casts his
vote, his name is deleted from the voter list.
At the end of polling the ballot boxes are sealed and sent for counting. The counting of the
ballot papers is done in a redefined method. The results are declared after getting convinced
that the counting has been done properly. The process of counting takes time since it is done
manually.
Problems in Existing System:

The present system has been marked by many problems some of which have been
enumerated below: -
Expensive: - The present form of voting is an expensive affair. If needs a lot of preparation
in terms of time and money. The cost of paper work and stationary is one of the most
expensive parts. Expenses are incurred in processing ballot boxes and ballot papers. If in case
ballot papers are printed wrong re-printing has to be done.
Time consuming - A lot of time is consumed in counting of votes. The manual counting is in
itself a tedious job and hence requires time.
Invalid votes: - Manual voting has a regular problem of invalid votes. A number of votes
become invalid due to a number of unintentional reasons.
Manipulation work: - Voting process at times is hindered by presence of external elements

to favor a given candidate. Examples are booth capturing.
Manpower required: - The present system of voting involves the use of lots of manpower at
each and every stage of voting process.
User identification: - This poses one of the serious problems of current voting system.
During voting process many people cast there vote more than one times. This causes
problems as wrong people are selected.
Manipulation in counting: - As counting process is done manually it may happen that votes
are wrongly counted or they may be manipulated in some way in favors of some candidates.
Portability factor: - After polling is over ballot boxes are usually taken to some other places
for counting. This is risk as the ballot boxes may be stolen or there may be some mishap
reroute to counting system.
Software Program of the EVM:
Despite design features that make the election software complex to extract the information
from the control unit processor, a criminal has a variety of options to steal the information
from it. These include decapsulating the chip and examining it under a microscope. Here we
did not attempt to extract the software using these methods; once the software is extracted, it
is straightforward to reverse- engineer it using standard disassembly tools.
The software (evm.cpp) developed here for the demo is tested on Turbo C++ Version 3.0
IDE. When the user runs the program, it displays a real-time voting machine on the screen
with the list of the candidates and corresponding buttons to vote for them (refer Fig. 2). The
program requires ‘C’ graphics files such as egavga.bgi, goth.chr, lcom.chr and trip.chr for
proper display.
In order to vote for a party, the user has to click the respective button using mouse. A beep
sounds to confirm successful submission of vote.
At any point of time if you want to check the status of the votes being polled, just click
‘result’ button in the control panel (not shown here). The next screen will display the
percentage of votes received by different candidates in the form of a bar chart. To exit the
program, click ‘exit’ button.
2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATION(SRS)
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
The aim of the system to be developed ------- Electronic-voting system is to develop
software, which should automate the process of voting of an electoral system. The system is
supposed to be used as a subsystem in a layer electoral system, which could be a manual
system or a computerized one. Therefore the proposed system must be able to function under
both circumstances.
The basic functionality that the system must provide is

1. The system must provide for manipulation of candidate data.
The manipulation of candidate data consists of: -

Adding a new voter record in the existing voter list. The system must provide enough
mechanisms to check the data validity and integrity.
Deletion of existing voters from the voter list. The system must be able to notice and notify
the deletion request for a non-existent record. The system should have a mechanism of
asserting record deletion to avoid accidental deletion of record.
Modification of voter records in the voter list. The system must be able to modify details of
a voter for any specific data field, or for all the fields. The system must provide for validation
in this module also. The system should have a mechanism of asserting record modification to
avoid accidental modification of records.
2. The system must provide for manipulation of candidate data. The manipulation of
candidate data consists of: -
Adding a new candidate record in the existing list. The system must provide enough
mechanisms to check the data for validity and integrity.
Deletion of existing candidates from the candidate list. The system must be able to notice
and notify the deletion request for anon-existent record. The system should have a
mechanism of asserting record deletion to avoid accidental deletion of records.
Modification of candidate records in the candidate list. The system must be able to modify
details of a candidate for any specific data field, or for all the fields. The system must provide
for validation in this module also. The system should have a mechanism of asserting records
modification to avoid accidental modification of records.
3. The system must have a rich set of utilities for listing the various details of the candidates
as well as voters. The listing should be both a generalized listing for all candidates or voters.
And detailed listing of an individual candidate or voter.
4. The system must provide a method and interference for the voting process. In which a
voter can select a candidate from the list of candidates. There should further be a method to
display the details of the winner of a particular voting process. The details of the margin of
the victory should also be displayed.
5. The system must provide interference to print the details of candidates and voters. In both
a summarized format and a detailed individual report.
6. The system must provide help whenever necessary. And should also provide tips, validity
criteria etc… while data manipulation.
7. The system must have easy way of switching in between different modules.
NON-FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Nonfunctional requirements are just as important to your business analysis as the functional
requirements when it comes to defining the look and feel of the solution. Nonfunctional
requirements are a challenge because different people interpret them differently from
organization to organization (or even from department to department in the organization).
You need to understand a lot about the people using the solution and make sure your
nonfunctionals document its performance.
You create the nonfunctional requirements based on your elicitations from the users, who
they are, and what their expectations of the system performance are. When you create
nonfunctional requirements, you need to think about things like the following:
Performance: How well does the system perform? To understand the performance
requirements, ask stakeholders questions such as “What are the number of concurrent users?”,
“What are the system or query response times?”, and “What is the system’s capacity in terms
of memory, disk space, and data volumes?”
Security: Who has access to the system, and how much access do they have? To understand
the security requirements, ask questions such as “Which users are authorized to perform
which functions?”, “What is the privacy of the information being captured and stored?”, and
“What features need to be in place to log user access and authenticate users?”
Reliability: Reliability is how the system operates based on the expectation of the end-user.
Think about buying a car. You probably purchase a car because of the functionality (0–60
mph in 8 seconds, A/C, satellite radio, and so on), but you probably think about going to shop
for that new car because of the reliability of the car. Similarly, you want to make sure you
find out how consistently the business wants the solution to perform and what maintenance
and support you need to make sure it stays that way. To elicit the reliability requirements, ask
questions such as “When is the system expected to be available?”, “What downtime does the
system have for the administrators to perform maintenance, and when is the best time to
schedule downtime?”, and
“What notification do the users need when the system is going down for maintenance? How
much advance notice should they receive?”
Compatibility: Compatibility refers to the extent to which the solution plays nice with other
applications. To elicit compatibility nonfunctional requirements, ask questions such as “What
common standards, common technology, and protocols exist on the workstation?”; “How
well does the solution work with the common build?”; “What kinds of data exchange do you
envision?”; and “What information (data) must be exchanged with other systems?”
Maintainability: Maintainability deals with how easy the system is to maintain and repair.
To elicit the nonfunctionals for maintainability, ask questions such as “What is the ability to
change one component without affecting others?”, “What effects do the maintenance
activities have on customers, users, and employees?”, and “Who performs system upgrades?
Who is responsible for interfaces?”
Transferability: Transferability refers to the ease with which a system can be transferred to a
different hardware or software environment. Some of these concerns are lessening now that
many companies are creating browser-based applications, yet these concerns have expanded
with the mobile apps (like those you see on your smartphone) and the different versions and
standards for e-readers.
Usability: Usability concerns the ways by which the user is able to learn, operate, and
interpret the system results. This category includes ease of entry, learning, and handling, as
well as the system’s intuitiveness.
Metrics and measurements: With any nonfunctional requirement, you must understand
what measurement criteria you’ll use to determine whether the requirement is successful and
met. You’re defining how well the solution meets the requirements. To elicit the metric, ask
questions like “What are some aspects surrounding that requirement that you can measure?”
and “What are the acceptable measurement time frames that are acceptable for the
stakeholder?”
SYSTEM SPECIFICATION:
MINIMUM HARDWATRE
REQUIREMENTS PROCESSOR:
DUAL CORE OR
ABOVE RAM: 2GB OR ABOVE
HARD DISK: 256GB OR ABOVE
PRINTER: LINE_PRINTER (DOT
MATRIX/INKJET) KEYBOARD: NORMAL OR ABOVE
APPLICATION SOFTWARE
C++ S/W BORLAND C++/ TURBO
C++ OPERATING SYSTEM:
WINDOWS 98 S/W
LANGUAGE: C++
3. SYSTEM DESIGN
DESIGN SPECIFICATION:
To implement the requirements as specified in the system requirement specification
document of Electronic Voting System. The proposed system is to be developed using “c++”
language. The system has a main module, which will have several other modules as depicted
in the structure diagram of the system.
The functionally requirements will be fulfill as: -To provide for manipulation of voter data
A new voter record is added in the existing voter list, by using add-vote () Module. This
module will use the voter structure to input voter details. Each field in the voter structure will
be checked for the integrity constraints. As specified in SRS, the details are added into
existing voter detail file voter.dat. This file ensures the secondary storage of data.
Deletion of existing voters from the voter list is done by the module delete-voter (). The
system checks for the existing of the record to be delete in the file voter.bat. For nonexistent
data it notifies the user .The module also record deletions by flashing a message.
Modification of voter records in the voter list is handled by a module modify-voter (). This
module reads the voter No from the user searches has its existence in the file voter.dat. If the
record is found the details are displayed where typing new values can modify them. The
module also assents record modification by flashing a message.
2. To provide for manipulation of candidate data.
A new candidate record is added in the existing candidate list, by using add-candidate ()
module. This module will use the candidate structure to input candidate details. Each field in
the candidate structure will be checked for the integrity constraints as specified in SRS. The
details are added into exiting voter-details file voter.dat. The file is ensures the secondary
storage of the data.
Deletion of existing candidates from the voter list is done by the module
del
ete- candidate (). The system checks for the existence of the record to be deleted in the file
candidate.dat. For non-existent data it notifies the user. The module also asserts record
deletion by flashing a message.
Modification of voter records in the voter list is handled by a module modify-candidate ().
These module reeds the voter numbers from the user searches its existence in the file
candidate.dat. If the record is found the details are displayed where typing new values can
modify them. The module also asserts record modification by flashing a message.
4. The listing of the various details of the candidates as well as voters. Handled by four
different module
dislay-code (),
showlist-voter
(), display-
candidate(),
showlist-candidate () modules give detailed listing of an individual candidate or voter showlist-
voter ().
Showlist-candidate () gives generalized listing for all candidates of voter.
5. The voting process is handled by the module vote (), fmain (), find (), showlist (). A voter
can select a candidate from the list of candidates, this functionality is provided by module
vote (). The method to display the details of the winner of a particular voting process is
handled by find () and showlist (). The detail of the margin of the victory is dislayed by
showlist().
6. The system provides interface to print the details of candidates and voters by using module
print (), which is called from different modules with different values to print different values
to print different data as per the specification of SRS.
7. The system provides help by a module help (). And provides tips, validity criteria etc, by
displaying message at the screen using a module statusbar().
DATA DICTIONARY
FUNCTION DESCRIPTION
1. ADD_VOTER() This function adds voters name to the voter list
2. VOTER_INFORMATION () This function gives information about the voters,

name, address etc by putting its voter number.
3. VOTER_LIST ()
This function shows list of the voters
4. ISSUE-VOTING_CARD () This function ISSUES voting cards to the voters
for validating the election.
5. RESET_STATUS() This function resets the date to get it filled again

f illed.
(A) FOR CANDIDATE To reset votes received by candidate to zero.
(B) FOR VOTER To reset all the status in the voter file.
6. DELETE_VOTER ()
. To give the voter name to delete voter record.
7. ELECTION () This function is used to give votes by the voters.
8. VOTE_CALCULATION () To calculate votes given by the voters.
9. ADD_CANDIDATE() This function adds the candidate record to the

Candidate file.
10 CANDIDATE_INFORMATION () This function gives the information of
the candidates.
11 DELETE_CANDIDATE () To give candidate serial number to delete recor
12. VOTING_LIST () To display of the votes received by the

candidates.
13. ADD_VOTES To add votes in the favors of the given
candidate.
14. VOTING_DATE () To display the date of voting.
15. SET_DATE () To set the date for the new election.
16. VALID_DATE () To return the validity of today’s date.
17. RETURN_DATE () To return the election date.
18. LINE_HOR () To draw horizontal line.

Use case Diagram
SYSTEM
ARCHITECTURE
4. TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
C++ is a high-level object-oriented programming language that helps programmers

write fast, portable programs. C++ provides rich library support in the form of Standard
Template Library (STL).
C++ Language Features
Some of the interesting features of C++ are:
 Object-oriented: C++ is an object-oriented programming language. This means that

the focus is on “objects” and manipulations around these objects. Information about
how these manipulations work is abstracted out from the consumer of the object.
 Rich library support: Through C++ Standard Template Library (STL) many
functions are available that help in quickly writing code. For instance, there are
standard libraries for various containers like sets, maps, hash tables, etc.
 Speed: C++ is the preferred choice when latency is a critical metric. The
compilation, as well as the execution time of a C++ program, is much faster than
most other general purpose programming languages.
 Compiled: A C++ code has to be first compiled into low-level code and then
executed, unlike interpreted programming languages where no compilation is
needed.
 Pointer Support: C++ also supports pointers which are widely used in programming
and are often not available in several programming languages.
It is one of the most important programming languages because almost all the
programs/systems that you use have some or the other part of the codebase that is written in
C/C++. Be it Windows, be it the photo editing software, be it your favorite game, be it your
web browser, C++ plays an integral role in almost all applications that we use.
Uses/Applications of C++ Language
After exploring C++ features, let's have look at some interesting areas where C++ is
popularly used.
Operating Systems
Be it Microsoft Windows or Mac OSX or Linux - all of them are programmed in C++. C/C++
is the backbone of all the well-known operating systems owing to the fact that it is a strongly
typed and a fast programming language which makes it an ideal choice for developing an
operating system. Moreover, C is quite close to the assembly language which further helps in
writing low- level operating system modules.
Browsers
The rendering engines of various web browsers are programmed in C++ simply because if
the speed that it offers. The rendering engines require faster execution to make sure that users
don’t have to wait for the content to come up on the screen. As a result, such low-latency
systems employ C++ as the programming language.
Libraries
Many high-level libraries use C++ as the core programming language. For instance, several
Machine Learning libraries use C++ in the backend because of its speed. Tensorflow, one of
the most widely used Machine Learning libraries uses C++ as the backend programming
language. Such libraries required high-performance computations because they involve
multiplications of huge matrices for the purpose of training Machine Learning models. As a
result, performance becomes critical. C++ comes to the rescue in such libraries.
Graphics
All graphics applications require fast rendering and just like the case of web browsers, here
also C++ helps in reducing the latency. Software that employ computer vision, digital image
processing, high-end graphical processing - they all use C++ as the backend programming
language. Even the popular games that are heavy on graphics use C++ as the primary
programming language. The speed that C++ offers in such situations helps the developers in
expanding the target audience because an optimized application can run even on low-end
devices that do not have high computation power available.
Banking Applications
One of the most popularly used core-banking system - Infosys Finacle uses C++ as one of the
backend programming languages. Banking applications process millions of transactions on a
daily basis and require high concurrency and low latency support. C++ automatically
becomes the preferred choice in such applications owing to its speed and multithreading
support that is made available through various Standard Template Libraries that come as a
part of the C++ programming kit.
Cloud/Distributed Systems
Large organizations that develop cloud storage systems and other distributed systems also use
C++ because it connects very well with the hardware and is compatible with a lot of
machines. Cloud storage systems use scalable file-systems that work close to the hardware.
C++ becomes a preferred choice in such situations because it is close to the hardware and
also the multithreading libraries in C++ provide high concurrency and load tolerance which is
very much needed in such scenarios.
Databases
Postgres and MySQL - two of the most widely used databases are written in C++ and C, the
precursor to C++. These databases are used in almost all of the well-known applications that
we all use in our day to day life - Quora, YouTube, etc.
Embedded Systems
Various embedded systems like medical machines, smartwatches, etc. use C++ as the primary
programming language because of the fact that C++ is closer to the hardware level as
compared to other high-level programming languages.
Telephone Switches
Because of the fact that it is one of the fastest programming languages, C++ is widely used in
programming telephone switches, routers, and space probes.
Compilers
The compilers of various programming languages use C and C++ as the backend
programming language. This is because of the fact that both C and C++ are relatively lower
level languages and are closer to the hardware and therefore are the ideal choice for such
compilation systems. These are a few uses and applications of C++ programming language.
Now, let's know more about C++ advantages over other programming languages.
Advantages of C++ Language
C++ has the following 2 features that make it a preferred choice in most of the applications:
 Speed: C++ is faster than most other programming languages and it provides excellent
concurrency support. This makes it useful in those areas where performance is quite
critical and the latency required is very low. Such requirements occur all the time in
high- load servers such as web servers, application servers, database servers, etc. C++
plays a key role in such servers.
 Closer to hardware: C++ is closer to hardware than most other programming

languages like Python, etc. This makes it useful in those areas where the software is
closely coupled with hardware and low-level support is required at the software level.
5. CODING
#include<stdio.h> // HEADER FILE FOR STANDARD I/0

#include<graphics.h> // HEADER FILE FOR GRAPHICS
MODE #include<dos.h> // HEADER FILE FOR ENABLING
SOUND #include<conio.h> // HEADER FILE FOR CONSOLE
I/O #include<stdlib.h> // HEADER FILE FOR LIBRARY
FUNCTIONS union REGS i,o;
int initmouse(); // FUNCTION TO INITIALIZE MOUSE POINTER
void showmouseptr(); // FUNCTION TO SHOW POINTER
void restrictmouseptr(int,int,int,int); // FUNCTION TO RESTRICT
POINTER void getmousepos(int *,int *,int *); // TO GET POINTER
POSITION
void format(); // FUNCTION TO DRAW LAYOUT OF EVM
void graph(); // FUNCTION TO DISPLAY RESULT AS
GRAPH
void welcome(); // FUNCTION TO DISPLAY WELCOME MESSAGE
void boundry();
int vote1=0,vote2=0,vote3=0,vote4=0,vote5=0; // VARIABLES TO HOLD VOTES FOR
CANDIDATES
int
button,x,y;
void
main()
{ int gd=DETECT,gm;
initgraph(&gd,&gm,"c:\\tc\\bgi"); // INITIALIZING GRAPHICS
MODE randomize();
boundry();
welcome(); // CALLING WELCOME FUNCTION
cleardevice(); // CLEARING THE SCREEN
format(); // CALLING FORMAT
FUNCTION
showmouseptr();
restrictmouseptr(0,0,675,435); // RESTRICTING MOUSE POINTER WITHIN SCREEN
do
{
getmousepos(&button,&x,&y);
if((button&1)==1&&x>475&&x<580&&y>250&&y<280)
{ break;}
else if((button&1)==1&&x>280&&x<380&&y>105&&y<125)
{ setcolor(RED);circle(270,115,5);
sound(1200);
delay(500);
nosound();
setcolor(BLACK);circle(270,115,5);
vote1++; }
sound(1200);
delay(500);
nosound();
vote2++; }
sound(1200);
delay(500);
nosound();
vote3++; }
sound(1200);
delay(500);
nosound();
vote4++; }
sound(1200);
delay(500);
nosound();
vote5++; }
} // END OF DO
while(1);
cleardevice()
; initmouse();
showmousep
tr();
boundry();
graph();
getch();
} // END OF MAIN FUNCTION
void boundry()
{
setcolor(1+random(14));
rectangle(0,0,635,475);
rectangle(3,3,632,472);
}
void welcome()
{ randomize();
settextstyle(8,0,4);
setcolor(1+random(1
4));
outtextxy(200,100,"WELCOM
E"); delay(800);
outtextxy(250,160,"T
O"); delay(800);
setcolor(1+random(14
));
outtextxy(50,220,"ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM");
delay(800);
while(!kbhit())
{ setcolor(1+random(14));
outtextxy(50,400,"Press any key to continue .... ");
delay(500);
setcolor(BLACK);
delay(500);
}
void format()
{ setcolor(6);
rectangle( 90,30,400,380);
rectangle(
87,27,403,383);
outtextxy(140,40,"E V
M"); line(90,80,400,80);
outtextxy(100,100,"MEGHRA
J");
rectangle(95,100,250,130);
arc(290,115,90,270,10);
arc(370,115,270,90,
10);
line(290,105,370,10
5);
line(290,125,370,12
5);
outtextxy(100,150,"DINES
H");
rectangle(95,150,250,180);
arc(290,165,90,270,10);
arc(370,165,270,90,10);
line(290,155,370,155);
line(290,175,370,175);
outtextxy(100,200,"RAKES
H");
rectangle(95,200,250,230);
arc(290,215,90,270,10);
arc(370,215,270,90,10);
line(290,205,370,205);
line(290,225,370,225);
outtextxy(100,250,"DEEPA
K");
rectangle(95,250,250,280);
arc(290,265,90,270,10);
arc(370,265,270,90,
10);
line(290,255,370,25
5);
line(290,275,370,27
5);
outtextxy(100,300,"ANUJA
Y");
rectangle(95,300,250,330);
arc(290,315,90,270,10);
arc(370,315,270,90,10);
line(290,305,370,305);
line(290,325,370,325);
rectangle(475,250,580,280);
outtextxy(480,250,"RESULT
S");
outtextxy(50,400,"Presented By:- EFY Enterprises Pvt Ltd");
}
void showmouseptr()
{
i.x.ax=1;
int86(0x33,&i,
&o);
}
void restrictmouseptr(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2)
{ i.x.ax=7;
i.x.cx=x1;
i.x.dx=x2;
int86(0x33,&i,
&o); i.x.ax=8;
i.x.cx=y1;
i.x.dx=y2;
int86(0x33,&i,
&o);
}
void getmousepos(int *button, int *x, int *y)
{ i.x.ax=3;
int86(0x33,&i,&o);
*button=o.x.bx;
*x=o.x.cx;
*y=o.x.dx;
}
void graph()
{ outtextxy(200,100,"RESULTS(in % votes)");
int
candidate1=((vote1*100)/(vote1+vote2+vote3+vote4+vote5))
; int
; int
; int
; int
;
setcolor(2);
rectangle(100,300,130,300-
candidate1);outtextxy(100,300,"ME");
rectangle(200,300,230,300-
candidate2);outtextxy(200,300,"DI");
rectangle(300,300,330,300-
candidate3);outtextxy(300,300,"RA");
rectangle(400,300,430,300-
candidate4);outtextxy(400,300,"DE");
rectangle(500,300,530,300-
candidate5);outtextxy(500,300,"AN");
rectangle(545,400,600,4
30);
outtextxy(550,400,"EXI
T");
do
{
if((button&1)==1&&x>545&&x<600&&y>400&&y<430)
{ break;}
} // END OF DO
while(1);
}
initmouse()
{
ax=0;
int86(0x
33,&i,&
o);
return(o
.x.ax);
}
6. SCREENSHOTS
7. CONCLUSION
the purpose of voting system. It is both user friendly as well as time saving. This is a
foundation level. Emphasis has been given in this application to replicate all the process
required in a traditional system. EVM system is self-sufficient with all the information
required about the voters, candidate and the voters. Once the information is fed to the system,
it can identify individual voters, their votes and then can press any key to return such as
counting the votes has been simplified in this system. The basic function of the polling has
been reduced to single key operation. A single polling manager can manage large number of
voters.
LIMITATIONS:
An effort had been done to develop the system with the wide scope in view. Regardless of the
number of application the software has its own limitation. The following are some of the
notable limitation of the electronic voting system.
1. Security: - The system administrators can hacks the system at his will. He
can change data output and hence can affect the result.
2. Voters education level: - Voters should be at least that much educated to
enter the vote, i.e. press the required button. A totally computer illiterate
has a very high chance of polling a wrong vote i.e. in favors of an
undesirable candidate.
3. Specific voting system: - Since the system has been developed to handle
the specific type of vote, i.e. only one candidate has to be chosen from the
given list by one vote. This system cannot be used for other specific type of
voting for e.g. electoral college voting (Indian resident Election) and
conditional voting.
4. Basic system: - The EVM system is itself a basic and elementary form of
software and hence cannot support other input devices as separate
keyboard etc.
5. Confidentiality: - If the requirement of the voting is to keep the
confidentiality of the votes, it is not possible since the system administrator
would always be in a position to overview the votes of each and every
individual at the time of voting.
6. The screen: - The screen is not too good in clarity and there are chances of
mistakes during voting.
POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS:
1. In case of large data storage, the storing of data e.g. individual voter details would
take a long time. Hence improvement applications can minimize the time.
2. Specific input devices (e.g. voting ads) could be an added advantage to the system.
3. Candidate name and number are only possible options in this application. Individual
candidate terms can be added to the application.
4. Improvement can be done to make the application workable on net so that voting can
be possible.
SCOPE:
1. Consumer survey
2. Large scale voting
3. Distance voting
4. Highly secured and error free result
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Text Books:
1. TURBO C++ by Robert Lafore

2. C++ Programming by E. BALAGURUSAMI
3. C++ by YASWANT KANITKAR
References:
www.joblagao.com
www.electronicsforu.c
om
1. INTRODUCTION
information required about the voters, candidate1 and votes. Once the information is fed to the
voters.
system efficiently.

2
possible methods.
3
prepared.
THE VOTING SYSTEM:
provided.
4
manually.

enumerated below: -

5
proper display.
6
7
both circumstances.


8
10. The system must have a rich set of utilities for listing the various details of the
candidates as well as voters. The listing should be both a generalized listing for all candidates
or voters. And detailed listing of an individual candidate or voter.
12. The system must provide interference to print the details of candidates and voters. In
both a summarized format and a detailed individual report.
13. The system must provide help whenever necessary. And should also provide tips,
validity criteria etc… while data manipulation.
9
10
stakeholder?”
11
MINIMUM HARDWATRE
DUAL CORE OR
WINDOWS 98 S/W
LANGUAGE: C++
12
3. SYSTEM DESIGN
13
del
different module
dislay-code (),
showlist-voter
(), display-
candidate(),
voter ().
9. The voting process is handled by the module vote (), fmain (), find (), showlist (). A voter
can select a candidate from the list of candidates, this functionality is provided by module
vote (). The method to display the details of the winner of a particular voting process is
handled by find () and showlist (). The detail of the margin of the victory is dislayed by
showlist().
10. The system provides interface to print the details of candidates and voters by using
module print (), which is called from different modules with different values to print different
values to print different data as per the specification of SRS.
14
DATA DICTIONARY

12. VOTER_LIST ()
f illed.
15. DELETE_VOTER ()

Candidate file.
the candidates.

candidates.
candidate.
15
16
17
18
Use case Diagram
19
20
21
SYSTEM
ARCHITECTURE
22


needed.
23
popularly used.
Operating Systems
Browsers
Libraries
Graphics
24
Databases
Embedded Systems
Telephone Switches
25
Compilers

26
8. CODING

POSITION
GRAPH
void boundry();
CANDIDATES
int
button,x,y;
void
main()
{ int gd=DETECT,gm;
MODE randomize();
boundry();
FUNCTION
showmouseptr(); 27
do
{
28
if((button&1)==1&&x>475&&x<580&&y>250&&y<280)
{ break;}
sound(1200);
delay(500);
nosound();
vote1++; }
sound(1200);
delay(500);
nosound();
vote2++; }
sound(1200);
delay(500);
nosound();
vote3++; }
sound(1200);
delay(500);
nosound();
vote4++; }
29
sound(1200);
delay(500);
nosound();
vote5++; }
} // END OF DO
while(1);
cleardevice()
; initmouse();
showmousep
tr();
boundry();
graph();
getch();
void boundry()
{
rectangle(0,0,635,475);
rectangle(3,3,632,472);
}
void welcome()
{ randomize();
setcolor(1+random(1
4));
E"); delay(800);
30
O"); delay(800);
));
delay(800);
while(!kbhit())
delay(500);
setcolor(BLACK);
delay(500);
}
void format()
{ setcolor(6);
rectangle( 90,30,400,380);
rectangle(
87,27,403,383);
M"); line(90,80,400,80);
J");
rectangle(95,100,250,130);
arc(290,115,90,270,10);
arc(370,115,270,90,
10);
31
line(290,105,370,10
5);
line(290,125,370,12
5);
32
H");
rectangle(95,150,250,180);
arc(290,165,90,270,10);
arc(370,165,270,90,10);
line(290,155,370,155);
line(290,175,370,175);
H");
rectangle(95,200,250,230);
arc(290,215,90,270,10);
arc(370,215,270,90,10);
line(290,205,370,205);
line(290,225,370,225);
K");
rectangle(95,250,250,280);
arc(290,265,90,270,10);
arc(370,265,270,90,
10);
line(290,255,370,25
5);
line(290,275,370,27
5);
Y");
rectangle(95,300,250,330);
arc(290,315,90,270,10);
arc(370,315,270,90,10);
line(290,305,370,305);
33
line(290,325,370,325);
rectangle(475,250,580,280);
S");
34
}
void showmouseptr()
{
i.x.ax=1;
int86(0x33,&i,
&o);
}
{ i.x.ax=7;
i.x.cx=x1;
i.x.dx=x2;
int86(0x33,&i,
&o); i.x.ax=8;
i.x.cx=y1;
i.x.dx=y2;
int86(0x33,&i,
&o);
}
{ i.x.ax=3;
int86(0x33,&i,&o);
*button=o.x.bx;
*x=o.x.cx;
*y=o.x.dx;
}
void graph()
int
; int
; int
35
; int
; int
;
36
setcolor(2);
rectangle(100,300,130,300-
rectangle(200,300,230,300-
rectangle(300,300,330,300-
rectangle(400,300,430,300-
rectangle(500,300,530,300-
rectangle(545,400,600,4
30);
T");
do
{
if((button&1)==1&&x>545&&x<600&&y>400&&y<430)
{ break;}
} // END OF DO
while(1);
}
initmouse()
{
ax=0;
int86(0x
33,&i,&
37
o);
return(o
.x.ax);
}
38
9. SCREENSHOTS
39
40
41
10. CONCLUSION
voters.
LIMITATIONS:
conditional voting.
keyboard etc. 42
be possible.
SCOPE:
5. Consumer survey
7. Distance voting
43
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Text Books:

References:
www.joblagao.com
www.electronicsforu.c
om
1. INTRODUCTION
information required about the voters, candidate and votes. Once the information is fed to the
voters.
system efficiently.
1
2
possible methods.
3
prepared.
THE VOTING SYSTEM:
provided.
4
manually.

enumerated below: -

5
proper display.
6
7
both circumstances.


8
17. The system must have a rich set of utilities for listing the various details of the
candidates as well as voters. The listing should be both a generalized listing for all candidates
or voters. And detailed listing of an individual candidate or voter.
19. The system must provide interference to print the details of candidates and voters. In
both a summarized format and a detailed individual report.
20. The system must provide help whenever necessary. And should also provide tips,
validity criteria etc… while data manipulation.
9
10
stakeholder?”
11
MINIMUM HARDWATRE
DUAL CORE OR
WINDOWS 98 S/W
LANGUAGE: C++
12
3. SYSTEM DESIGN
13
del
different module
dislay-code (),
showlist-voter
(), display-
candidate(),
voter ().
13. The voting process is handled by the module vote (), fmain (), find (), showlist (). A
voter can select a candidate from the list of candidates, this functionality is provided by
module vote (). The method to display the details of the winner of a particular voting process
is handled by find () and showlist (). The detail of the margin of the victory is dislayed by
showlist().
14. The system provides interface to print the details of candidates and voters by using
module print (), which is called from different modules with different values to print different
values to print different data as per the specification of SRS.
14
DATA DICTIONARY

21. VOTER_LIST ()
f illed.
24. DELETE_VOTER ()

Candidate file.
the candidates.

candidates.
candidate.
15
16
17
18
Use case Diagram
19
20
21
SYSTEM
ARCHITECTURE
22


needed.
23
popularly used.
Operating Systems
Browsers
Libraries
Graphics
24
Databases
Embedded Systems
Telephone Switches
25
Compilers

26
11. CODING

POSITION
GRAPH
void boundry();
CANDIDATES
int
button,x,y;
void
main()
{ int gd=DETECT,gm;
MODE randomize();
boundry();
FUNCTION
showmouseptr();
27
do
{
28
if((button&1)==1&&x>475&&x<580&&y>250&&y<280)
{ break;}
sound(1200);
delay(500);
nosound();
vote1++; }
sound(1200);
delay(500);
nosound();
vote2++; }
sound(1200);
delay(500);
nosound();
vote3++; }
sound(1200);
delay(500);
nosound();
vote4++; }
29
sound(1200);
delay(500);
nosound();
vote5++; }
} // END OF DO
while(1);
cleardevice()
; initmouse();
showmousep
tr();
boundry();
graph();
getch();
void boundry()
{
rectangle(0,0,635,475);
rectangle(3,3,632,472);
}
void welcome()
{ randomize();
setcolor(1+random(1
4));
E"); delay(800);
30
O"); delay(800);
));
delay(800);
while(!kbhit())
delay(500);
setcolor(BLACK);
delay(500);
}
void format()
{ setcolor(6);
rectangle( 90,30,400,380);
rectangle(
87,27,403,383);
M"); line(90,80,400,80);
J");
rectangle(95,100,250,130);
arc(290,115,90,270,10);
arc(370,115,270,90,
10);
line(290,105,370,10
5);
31
line(290,125,370,12
5);
32
H");
rectangle(95,150,250,180);
arc(290,165,90,270,10);
arc(370,165,270,90,10);
line(290,155,370,155);
line(290,175,370,175);
H");
rectangle(95,200,250,230);
arc(290,215,90,270,10);
arc(370,215,270,90,10);
line(290,205,370,205);
line(290,225,370,225);
K");
rectangle(95,250,250,280);
arc(290,265,90,270,10);
arc(370,265,270,90,
10);
line(290,255,370,25
5);
line(290,275,370,27
5);
Y");
rectangle(95,300,250,330);
arc(290,315,90,270,10);
arc(370,315,270,90,10);
line(290,305,370,305);
line(290,325,370,325);
33
rectangle(475,250,580,280);
S");
34
}
void showmouseptr()
{
i.x.ax=1;
int86(0x33,&i,
&o);
}
{ i.x.ax=7;
i.x.cx=x1;
i.x.dx=x2;
int86(0x33,&i,
&o); i.x.ax=8;
i.x.cx=y1;
i.x.dx=y2;
int86(0x33,&i,
&o);
}
{ i.x.ax=3;
int86(0x33,&i,&o);
*button=o.x.bx;
*x=o.x.cx;
*y=o.x.dx;
}
void graph()
int
; int
; int
; int
35
; int
;
36
setcolor(2);
rectangle(100,300,130,300-
rectangle(200,300,230,300-
rectangle(300,300,330,300-
rectangle(400,300,430,300-
rectangle(500,300,530,300-
rectangle(545,400,600,4
30);
T");
do
{
if((button&1)==1&&x>545&&x<600&&y>400&&y<430)
{ break;}
} // END OF DO
while(1);
}
initmouse()
{
ax=0;
int86(0x
33,&i,&
o);
return(o
37
.x.ax);
}
38
12. SCREENSHOTS
39
40
41
13. CONCLUSION
voters.
LIMITATIONS:
conditional voting.
keyboard etc.
42
be possible.
SCOPE:
9. Consumer survey
11. Distance voting
43
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Text Books:

References:
www.joblagao.
com
www.electroni
csforu.com
44
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Student Minor Research Project

ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE DEMO

Under RUSA 2.0 Scheme

Under the guidance of

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Date: 29-12-2019 Smt.Ch.Lakshmi

We place on record and warmly acknowledge the continuous

We are grateful to Ms. K R Sravanthi, Asst.Professor, Dept. of

Ms. Y S Neeraja Ms. B Likitha

III B.Sc MECs III B.Sc MECs

Reg. No 11705004 Reg. No.11705005

We, the undersigned, declare that the project entitled “Electronic

Ms. Y S Neeraja Ms. B Likitha

III B.Sc MECs III B.Sc MECs

Reg. No 11705004 Reg. No.11705005

CONTENTS PAGE No.

2. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATION 7

NEED TO COMPUTARISE THE SYSTEM

Computers are most efficient used in processing operation that includes:-

THE VOTING SYSTEM:

Traditionally there are two basic types of voting system:-

Computer Voting System

Problems in Existing System:

Manipulation work: - Voting process at times is hindered by presence of external elements

Software Program of the EVM:

The basic functionality that the system must provide is

The manipulation of candidate data consists of: -

2. To provide for manipulation of candidate data.

1. ADD_VOTER() This function adds voters name to the voter list

2. VOTER_INFORMATION () This function gives information about the voters,

5. RESET_STATUS() This function resets the date to get it filled again

7. ELECTION () This function is used to give votes by the voters.

8. VOTE_CALCULATION () To calculate votes given by the voters.

9. ADD_CANDIDATE() This function adds the candidate record to the

12. VOTING_LIST () To display of the votes received by the

17. RETURN_DATE () To return the election date.

18. LINE_HOR () To draw horizontal line.

C++ is a high-level object-oriented programming language that helps programmers

C++ Language Features

Some of the interesting features of C++ are:

 Object-oriented: C++ is an object-oriented programming language. This means that

Advantages of C++ Language

 Closer to hardware: C++ is closer to hardware than most other programming

#include<stdio.h> // HEADER FILE FOR STANDARD I/0

1. TURBO C++ by Robert Lafore

NEED TO COMPUTARISE THE SYSTEM

Computers are most efficient used in processing operation that includes:-

THE VOTING SYSTEM:

Traditionally there are two basic types of voting system:-

Computer Voting System

Problems in Existing System:

Manipulation work: - Voting process at times is hindered by presence of external elements

Software Program of the EVM:

The basic functionality that the system must provide is

The manipulation of candidate data consists of: -

2. To provide for manipulation of candidate data.

11. VOTER_INFORMATION () This function gives information about the voters,

16. ELECTION () This function is used to give votes by the voters.