Blockchain-Enabled E-Voting Systems: Implementation Challenges and Opportunities

Year : 2026 | Volume : 14 | Issue : 01 | Page : 9 15
    By

    Aniket Roy,

  • Soumyadip Bhattacharyya,

  • Aditi Mandal,

  • Sabyasachi Chakraborty,

  • Lipi Begam,

  1. Student, Department of Information Technology, B.P. Poddar Institute of Management and Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  2. Student, Department of Information Technology, B.P. Poddar Institute of Management and Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  3. Student, Department of Information Technology, B.P. Poddar Institute of Management and Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  4. Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology, B.P. Poddar Institute of Management and Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  5. Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology, B.P. Poddar Institute of Management and Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Abstract

The adoption of blockchain technology in electronic voting systems is increasingly drawing interest because of its ability to enhance transparency, strengthen security, and ensure the reliability of digital voting processes. This study provides a comprehensive study of existing research on e-voting systems that leverage blockchain technology. The study explores various key research concerns, including the advantages, challenges, and impacts of such systems as well as technologies and implementations, and identifies future research directions in this field. The reviewed studies most commonly emphasize security, transparency, and decentralization as the main advantages. By comparison, factors such as privacy, verifiability, efficiency, reliability, and auditability, although addressed, are not treated as central themes. Our analysis also reveals that limited attention is given to aspects like accessibility, compatibility, trustworthiness, and efficiency within existing literature. While these elements are recognized, they are discussed less extensively than the dominant benefits highlighted in proposed blockchain-based e-voting solutions. Nevertheless, the examined works present well-organized frameworks for blockchain-enabled e-voting systems, primarily concentrating on the role of blockchain in strengthening security, transparency, and privacy. Notably, the critical aspect of scalability requires attention in future research endeavors.

Keywords: Blockchain, digital transformation, e-voting systems, scalability, security, transparency

[This article belongs to Journal Of Network security ]

How to cite this article:
Aniket Roy, Soumyadip Bhattacharyya, Aditi Mandal, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Lipi Begam. Blockchain-Enabled E-Voting Systems: Implementation Challenges and Opportunities. Journal Of Network security. 2026; 14(01):9-15.
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Aniket Roy, Soumyadip Bhattacharyya, Aditi Mandal, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Lipi Begam. Blockchain-Enabled E-Voting Systems: Implementation Challenges and Opportunities. Journal Of Network security. 2026; 14(01):9-15. Available from: https://journals.stmjournals.com/jons/article=2026/view=237420


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Volume 14
Issue 01
Received 14/10/2025
Accepted 16/12/2025
Published 20/02/2026
Publication Time 129 Days
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