"I have been voting all my life. My vote has improved the economic condition of politicians, but mine remains unchanged. I have again casted my vote today, hoping that things will change, but I have little hope," he said.
Of the 457 voters, just 40 had cast their ballot at Gul Muhammad's polling station till 9 a.m.
In comparison, 103-year-old Masu Ram who cast his vote at the Hira Nagar polling station in Kathua district, said he came to exercise his democratic right fearing this could be his last chance to do so, given his old age.
"This could be my last vote in the Lok Sabha elections. I cannot afford to let it go waste," Masu Ram told reporters.
Voters at one polling station in Bani area of Kathua told reporters they were boycotting the election because nobody has paid any attention to the development of their area."No development, no vote," people said.
There are 13 candidates in the fray in Udhampur, but the main contest is between union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad of the Congress, BJP candidate Jitender Singh and Arshad Malik of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
There are 14.38 lakh voters in the constituency, including Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs who are voting at 2,051 polling stations Thursday. Voting ends at 6 p.m.
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