BMS COLLEGE OF

ENGINEERING
(Autonomous College under VTU)
Bull Temple Road, Basavanagudi,
Bangalore 560019

Department of Information Science and Engineering

CERTIFICATE
This

is

to

certify

the project entitled SINGLE

that

TRANSFERABLE VOTING SYSTEM is a bona-fide work carried

out by Akhila N P(1BM12IS007), Divya V K (1BM12IS022), Amulya Arun
(1BM12IS012) in partial fulfillment for the award of degree of Bachelor of
Engineering in Information

Science

and

Engineering

from

Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum during the year

2015-2016. It is certified that all corrections/suggestions indicated for
Internal Assessments have been incorporated in the report deposited in
the departmental library. The project report has been approved as it
satisfies the academic requirements in respect of project work prescribed
for the Bachelor of Engineering Degree.

Mrs. Chandrakala G. Raj

Mallikarjun Babu
Assistant Professor
Principal

Dr. Gowrishankar

Dr. K.

Professor and HOD

Examiners
Name of the Examiner
Examiner
1.

Signature of the

2.

Department of Information Science &

Engineering
B M S College of Engineering, Bull Temple Road,
Bangalore 560019
BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE FOR EACH STUDENT
This is to certify that the project report titled, SINGLE TRANSFERABLE
VOTING SYSTEM is a bonafide record of the project done by AKHILA N P
with University Seat No. 1BM12IS007 during the academic year 20152016.

Head of the Department

Guide

Signature:

Signature:

Name: Dr. Gowrishankar

Name: Chandrakala G Raju

Seal:

Designation: Assistant Professor

Date:

Date:

Submitted for the University Examination held on

Internal Examiner

External Examiner

Signature:

Signature:

Name:

Name:

Designation:

College / Designation:

Date:

Date:

Department of Information Science & Engineering

B M S College of Engineering, Bull Temple Road,
Bangalore 560019
BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE FOR EACH STUDENT
This is to certify that the project report titled, SINGLE TRANSFERABLE
VOTING SYSTEM is a bonafide record of the project done by DIVYA V K
with University Seat No. 1BM12IS022 during the academic year 20152016.

Head of the Department

Guide

Signature:

Signature:

Name: Dr. Gowrishankar

Name: Chandrakala G Raju

Seal:

Designation: Assistant Professor

Date:

Date:

Submitted for the University Examination held on

Internal Examiner

External Examiner

Signature:

Signature:

Name:

Name:

Designation:

College / Designation:

Date:

Date:

Department of Information Science & Engineering

B M S College of Engineering, Bull Temple Road,
Bangalore 560019
BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE FOR EACH STUDENT
This is to certify that the project report titled, SINGLE TRANSFERABLE
VOTING SYSTEM is a bonafide record of the project done by AMULYA
ARUN with University Seat No. 1BM12IS012 during the academic year
2015-2016.

Head of the Department

Guide

Signature:

Signature:

Name: Dr. Gowrishankar

Name: Chandrakala G Raju

Seal:

Designation: Assistant Professor

Date:

Date:

Submitted for the University Examination held on

Internal Examiner

External Examiner

Signature:

Signature:

Name:

Name:

Designation:

College / Designation:

Date:

Date:

Department Of Information Science and Engineering

BMS College of Engineering, Bull temple Road,
Bangalore - 560019
CERTIFICATE FROM GUIDE
Certified that this project work SINGLE TRANSFERABLE VOTING SYSTEM
is the true work done by Akhila N P, Divya V K and Amulya Arun. This
project work was carried out under my supervision. This is to certify that I
have

gone

through

complete

project

report.

The

students

incorporated all the correction and suggestions made by me.

Guide:
Name: Chandrakala G Raju
Signature:
Date:

HOD:
Name: Dr. Radhika K R
Signature:
Seal:
Date:

have

BMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING BANGALORE

560019
CERTIFICATE FROM THE SUPERVISOR (2015-2016)
Department: Information Science
Candidates Degree Registered for: B.E
Candidate details:
SL.
No.

Student Name

USN

1.

Akhila N P

1BM12IS007

2.

Divya V K

1BM12IS022

3.

Amulya Arun

1BM12IS012

Students
Signature

Certified that these candidates are students belong to Information Science

of BMS College of Engineering. They have carried out the project work of
titled SINGLE TRANSFERABLE VOTING SYSTEM as final year (7 th
Semester) dissertation project. It is in partial fulfillment for completing the
requirement for the award of B.E degree by VTU. The works is original and
duly certify the same.

SL.N
O.
1

Supervisor
Name

Department/Organization/Desig
nation

HODs Signature
Date:

Seal

Signature

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The successful completion of any task will be incomplete without complementing those
who made it possible and whose guidance and encouragement made our efforts successful.
We offer our sincere thanks to BMSCE, Bangalore for providing all the facilities to carry out
our project work.
We take immense pleasure in thanking Dr.K.Mallikharjuna Babu, Principal, BMSCE,
Bangalore for providing us with all the facilities.
We are grateful to Dr.Gowrishankar, HOD, Department Of Information Science and
Engineering for his constant encouragement.
We place on record, our sincere gratitude to our guide, Mrs.Chandrakala G Raju, Assistant
Professor, Department Of Information Science and Engineering. We are extremely grateful
and indebted to her for her expert, sincere and valuable guidance and encouragement.
We would like to thank all the faculty members of the Department Of Information Science
and Engineering for their help and support.
Last, but not the least, we would like to express our hearty gratitude to our parents for
their unceasing encouragement and moral support and to one and all who, directly or
indirectly, have lent their helping hand in this venture.

SYNOPSIS
This project aims at developing an algorithm to implement the single transferable voting
system. Using this voting method, we can achieve proportional representation through ranked
voting in multi-seat constituencies. Under STV, each voter has a single vote that is at first
allocated to their most preferred candidate and, as the count proceeds and candidates are
either elected or eliminated, is transferred to other candidates according to the voter's stated
preferences, in proportion to any surplus or discarded votes. The system provides
approximately proportional representation, enables votes to be cast for individual candidates
rather than for parties, and minimizes wasted votes by transferring them to other
candidates.
While STV has been implemented sporadically over the past few decades, it is gaining
popularity now, because of its level of voter satisfaction. A few countries, including India
have dabbled with STV, with India implementing STV in its upper house elections. But STV
has more potential and is yet to be implemented in state or other national elections in India.
Because of on and off usage, STV has been implemented using various counting methods. In
this project, we have to come up with a user friendly application and an optimal algorithm
that implements STV efficiently.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title

Page
Number

Supervisor/s Approval Certificate for

incorporating all corrections in the project
report
Acknowledgements
Synopsis
List of Tables
List of Figures
References

Chapter

Title

Introduction

Literature Survey

Aim of Scope

Methodology

Results

Conclusion

Page Number