Srirangam, a small temple town in Tamil Nadu, is all set for the high profile bye-election Friday.
The assembly seat was earlier held by former chief minister J.Jayalalithaa and the bye-election necessitated following her disqualification after her conviction in a corruption case and sentence of four years in jail.
Around 270,000 voters are expected to queue up at the polling stations to elect their assembly representative out of 29 contestants.
However, the contest will be amongst the AIADMK, DMK, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Communist Party of India-Marxist.
The ruling AIADMK has worked hard to retain the prestigious seat with several ministers and senior leaders campaigning in the constituency.
Votes will be counted Feb 16.