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An Online Voting System Using Biometric

Fingerprint and Aadhaar Card
1

Rakesh S Raj, 2 Raghavendra A , 3 Madhushree K R , 4 Bhargavi D

1, 2, 3, 4
Department of Information Science & Engineering,
Adichunchanagiri Institute of Technology, Chickmagalur, Karnataka, India.

Abstract-The problem of voting is still critical in terms of

2. Problem Statement

safety and security. This paper deals with the design and
development of a web-based voting system using fingerprint
and aadhaar card in order to provide a high performance with
high security to the voting system .Also we use web
technology to make the voting system more practical. The
proposed Online Voting System allows the voters to scan their
fingerprint, which is then matched with an already saved image
within a database that is retrieved from aadhaar card database
of the government. The voting system is managed in a simpler
way as all the users must login by aadhaar card number and
password and click on his/her favorable candidates to cast the
vote. This will increase the voting percentage in India and
reduces the cost of voting process. By using biometric
fingerprint it provides enough security which reduces the false
votes.

2.1. Existing Voter Registration System

The problems of the existing manual system of voting[2]
include among others the following:
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.

Keywords- Biometric fingerprint, PHP, MYSQL, CSS,

HTML, Java Script, WAMP, Dreamweaver ,aadhaar card.

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.

1. Introduction

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.

Voting schemes have evolved from counting hands in

early days to systems that include paper, punch card,
mechanical lever and optical-scan machines. An
electronic voting system which is used nowadays
provide some characteristic different from the traditional
voting technique, and also it provides improved features
of voting system over traditional voting system such as
accuracy, convenience, flexibility, privacy, verifiability
and mobility. But Electronic voting systems suffers from
various drawbacks such as time consuming, consumes
large volume of paper work, no direct role for the
higher officials, damage of machines due to lack of
attention, mass update doesnt allows users to update
and edit many item simultaneously etc.

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.
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.

These drawbacks can overcome by Biometric Online

Voting System[1]. This is a voting system by which any
voter can use his/her voting rights from anywhere in the
country. We provide a detailed description of the
functional and performance characteristics of biometric
online voting system. Voter can cast their votes from
anywhere in the country without visiting to voting
booths, in highly secured way. That makes voting a
fearless of violence and that increases the percentage of
voting.

Above all, a number of voters end up being locked out

from voting. Hence there is great desire to reduce
official procedure in the current voter registration
process if the general electoral process is to improve.

2.2 Proposed System

The proposed system is the Biometric online voting
system with biometric fingerprint using aadhaar card. It

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determines the particular voter by his/her fingerprint

whether he/she is a valid voter or not. It allows
particular voter to cast the vote online and update the
database in the server. Biometric online voting system
uses aadhaar card to retrieve the complete details about
the voter.

Functional Modules
Administration module: It refers to the system
administrator who controls the entire voting system.
Administrator is responsible for storing the information
of the new voter; modify any voters information,
deleting any voters information and also some
operations
related
to
candidate
information.
Administrator can see the results of the election process
also.
Server module: Server is a computer network that
stores application programs and data files accessed by
the clients in the network. Database is maintained in
server computer and all the main codes related our
project is stored in this server computer.
Client module: A computer program is used to contact
and obtain data from a program on the server computer
linked in the network. In our project the voter can cast
the vote in the client computer and vote count of the
particular candidate is updated in the server computer.

code is sent to voters mobile phone or email. Once any

individual passes the authenticity criteria, he/she will be
logged into his/her voting account. Then the status is
checked, if status is 0 then voter is allowed to cast
his/her vote. If status is 1 then voter has already voted
and he/she is not allowed to vote again. Then the vote
and status is updated in database. If voter is a power user
his/her fingerprint is checked with our database. If it
matches then their status is checked and further process
will be same as the normal user. This completes the
voting process. The methodology of the voting process
is described in the Fig. 2 .

3. System Design
3.1. Architecture
The architecture of the system, shown in Fig. 1, is based
upon the functionality provided to different users by the
system.
Fig 2 Voting Process Flow Chart

3.3. Why Fingerprint

The Online Voting System Using Biometric Security
uses fingerprint as a mode of authentication. The
fingerprint [3] is selected for identification because of
following reasons:

3.3.1 Performance
Fig 1 Architecture of the system

It contains two database government aadhaar card

database and our database. We will retrieve each voters
details from government aadhaar card database and store
it in our database. Admin controls all the events like
enrolment, update, and deletion of candidate and at last
announces the result.

Fingerprints are formed in the womb at around five

months and remain constant even after the death. Fig. 3
shows the fingerprint an individual in different years

3.2. Flow Chart

This shows step by step representation of voting process.
There are two types of voters normal user and power
user. If he/she is a normal user a, onetime transaction

Fig 3 Fingerprint of individual in different years

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3.3.2 Uniqueness
Empirically, it can be noted that no one has found
identical prints, not even identical twins.
A. Types of Fingerprint
i.

Arches - Only represent five percent of the

fingerprint patterns encountered. There are no core
or delta formations
ii. Loops - Constitute between 60-70 percent of the
patterns found in fingers and have one delta
formation and a core.
iii. Whorls - Constitute between 25-35 percent of the
patterns found in fingers and have two delta
formations and a core.

Fig 6 Types of Minutiae

4. Result and Discussion

Fig. 4 Core and Delta

Fig. 5 Core and Delta of Fingerprint

B. Minutiae

Fig. 7 Home page

It is the welcome page of the website, shown in Fig. 7,

having all the feature options of the website.

The minutiae are point on fingerprint where ridges

change abruptly. The types are:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.

Ridge Ending
Enclosure
Bifurcation
Island

The use of the ridges and valleys (minutiae) ,shown in

Fig. 6 ,found on the surface tips of a human finger is to
identify an individual.

Fig 8 Admin login

Admin will be provided with unique username and

password as shown in Fig. 8.

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The normal user can Login to the website, as in Fig.

12, with his unique username which is aadhaar card
number.

Fig 9 Enrollment

Admin enrolls the candidates details before the last date

of nomination. Fig. 9 shows enrollment page.
Fig 13 Confirmation code

A confirmation code will be sent to his mobile or email.

If the voter enters correct code which is sent to mobile
then he/she is a valid voter as shown in Fig. 13.

Fig 10 candidate update

If candidates wants any modification in his/her details it

can be done here. Candidate modification page is shown
in Fig.10.
Fig 14 Voter details and candidates list

It contains the details of the voter and the candidates list

who have stood for the election in their constitution. The
voter can choose any one among them. Fig. 14 shows
the voter details and candidate list.

Fig. 11 Deletion

If the candidates want to take back his/her nomination

then he/she must enter serial number and constitution id.
The deletion page is shown in Fig. 11.

Fig 15 Technician login

The technicians will use their username and password to

get access for the further pages as shown in Fig. 15

Fig 12 Normal user

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Fig 16 Power user login

Fig 19 Candidates List

Technician will enter the power users aadhar card

number and password, if it is valid then voter will sent to
a separate cabin. Power user login page is shown in Fig.
16

The candidates list who have stood for the election in

their constitution will be displayed. The voter can
choose any one among them. This is shown in Fig. 19.

Fig 17 Voter details and candidates list

Fig 20 Result sheet

It contains the details of the voter and the candidates list

who have stood for the election in their constitution. The
voter can choose any one among them as shown in Fig.
17.

After the elections the admin will announce the results.

The result page is shown in Fig. 20.

Fig 21 Individual result display

Fig 18 fingerprint confirmation

To verify whether he/she is a valid voter their fingerprint

is checked with the fingerprint which is stored in
database shown in Fig. 18

Here the result of the particular constitution can be

display as shown in Fig. 21.

4. Conclusion
Our proposal enables a voter to cast his/her vote through
internet without going to voting booth and additionally
registering
himself/herself for voting in advance,
proxy vote or double voting is not possible, fast to
access, highly secure, easy to maintain all information of
voting, highly efficient and flexible. Hence, by this
voting percentage will increase drastically. The using of
online voting has the capability to reduce or remove

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unwanted human errors. In addition to its reliability,

online voting can handle multiple modalities, and
provide better scalability for large elections. Online
voting is also an excellent mechanism that does not
require geographical proximity of the voters. For
example, soldiers abroad can participate in elections by
voting online.

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