A single ballot box served Yukarikopuz at the 2023 parliamentary election, with 20 registered voters; that places it 75th among the 75 localities of Eleşkirt.
The neighborhood parts ways with the district as a whole. At the 2023 parliamentary election it went to Yeşil Sol Parti with 8 votes, while across Eleşkirt the leading party was AK Parti, with Yeşil Sol Parti here running 16.0 points above its district average. In the presidential runoff, 4 of 7 valid votes went to Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu — 19.6 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 18 of 21 valid votes were 'yes' — 10.9 points above the district average.
First place has changed hands 3 times here since 2009. Turnout at the 2023 parliamentary election was 80.0%, 11.1 points above the district average. The tightest race came at the 2024 local election: DEM Parti took 16 votes to AK Parti's 9 — a margin of just 7 votes. At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to DEM Parti with 16 votes, while Eleşkirt as a whole was won by AK Parti.