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What is Decentralized Voting System?

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Decentralised Voting system(NetElect)

This project is designed to create a secure, transparent, and tamper-proof voting system leveraging blockchain technology, specifically the Stellar network. It aims to provide a decentralized platform where votes can be cast, recorded, and verified in a secure manner, ensuring that the integrity of the voting process is maintained.

Authors

• Abhishek Agarwal
• Aditya Mishra(Team Lead)
• Aditya Umesh
• Adwiteya Juniwal

Components

1)Proposal Struct

• title : A short description of the proposal.
• description : A more detailed description of the proposal.
• votes_for : The number of votes in favor of the proposal.
• votes_against : The number of votes against the proposal.
• voters: A list of addresses that have voted.
• ended: A boolean indicating whether the voting has ended.
• owner: The address of the proposal creator.

2)VotingSystem Contract

• Contains methods for creating proposals, casting votes, ending voting, and retrieving results.

Methods

• create_proposal : Creates a new proposal and stores it in the contract's storage. Returns the ID of the newly created proposal.

  • Parameters

    • env: The environment instance.
    • title: The title of the proposal.
    • description: The description of the proposal.
    • owner: The address of the proposal creator.

  • Returns : The ID of the created proposal.

• cast_vote : Records a vote on a proposal. Ensures the voter has not already voted and the voting has not ended. Updates the proposal's vote counts and voters list.

  • Parameters

    • env: The environment instance.
    • proposal_id: The ID of the proposal to vote on.
    • voter: The address of the voter.
    • vote_for: A boolean indicating whether the vote is in favor of the proposal.

  • Returns : A symbol indicating the result of the vote recording.

• end_voting : Ends the voting for a specified proposal.

  • Parameters:

    • env: The environment instance.
    • proposal_id: The ID of the proposal to end voting on.

• get_proposal_results : Retrieves the results of a specified proposal.

  • Parameters:

    • env: The environment instance.
    • proposal_id: The ID of the proposal to get results for.

  • Returns:

    • A tuple containing the proposal's title, description, votes for, votes against, and voting status.

• get_all_proposals : Retrieves all proposals stored in the contract.

  • Parameters:

    • env: The environment instance.

  • Returns:

    • A vector of tuples, each containing the proposal ID, title, description, and voting status.

• get_total_votes : Retrieves the total number of votes for a specified proposal.

  • Parameters:

    • env: The environment instance.
    • proposal_id: The ID of the proposal to get total votes for.

  • Returns:

    • The total number of votes (for and against) for the specified proposal.

• quorum : Checks if the specified proposal has met the quorum.

  • Parameters:

    • env: The environment instance.
    • proposal_id: The ID of the proposal to check quorum for.

  • Returns:

    • A boolean indicating whether the quorum is met (total votes > 1).

• fetch_poll : Fetches the overall polling data across all proposals.

  • Parameters:

    • env: The environment instance.

  • Returns:

    • A tuple containing the total number of votes against, total votes, and votes for.

• fetch_voter : Fetches the voting data for a specified voter.

  • Parameters:

    • env: The environment instance.
    • voter: The address of the voter to fetch data for.

  • Returns:

    • A tuple containing the number of proposals the voter has voted on, the total "time" spent voting, and the total votes cast.

• vote : Allows a voter to vote on a proposal by its title. Ensures the voter has not already voted and the voting has not ended

  • Parameters:

    • env: The environment instance.
    • voter: The address of the voter.
    • selected: The title of the proposal to vote for.

  • Returns:

    • A symbol indicating the result of the vote.

SmartContract Deployment