District Election Officer Satyendra Singh Durswat stated this after inspecting the Bharathidasan Government College for Women, the counting centre, along with officials of various departments.
The counting of votes would take place on November 22, he told reporters here.
The by-poll in Nellithope has become necessary following the resignation of Congress MLA A John Kumar to facilitate Narayanasamy, a non-member of the assembly to contest the poll to become an elected member.
AIADMK has fielded former party MLA from the same constituency, Om Sakthi Segar.
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Meanwhile, returning officer for the constituency G Malarkannan said all steps were taken to ensure free and fair election.
The election authorities would take speedy action as soon as violation of model code of conduct has been identified anywhere in the constituency, he said in a release here.
A control room had been set up with phone connections, e mail and website facilities for the people to lodge complaints of violation of model code of conduct.