With 244 voters on the roll at the 2023 parliamentary election, Cetinsu stands 27th among the 75 localities of Eleşkirt, and its votes were cast at one ballot box.
The neighborhood parts ways with the district as a whole. At the 2023 parliamentary election it went to Yeşil Sol Parti with 79 votes, while across Eleşkirt the leading party was AK Parti, with Yeşil Sol Parti here running 15.7 points above its district average. In the presidential runoff, 85 of 144 valid votes went to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — 3.4 points below the district average. At the 2017 referendum 188 of 210 valid votes were 'yes' — 14.7 points above the district average.
The tightest race came at the 2009 local election: Anavatan took 66 votes to AK Parti's 64 — a margin of just 2 votes. First place has changed hands 4 times here since 2009. At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to DEM Parti with 76 votes, while Eleşkirt as a whole was won by AK Parti. Turnout at the 2024 local election was 54.5%, 16.7 points below the district average.