Yukarikargalik ranks 64th by electorate among the 85 localities of Tutak. The neighborhood has a single ballot box, and 66 voters were registered there for the 2023 parliamentary election.
The neighborhood parts ways with the district as a whole. At the 2023 parliamentary election it went to AK Parti with 56 votes, while across Tutak the leading party was Yeşil Sol Parti with 51.7%, leaving AK Parti at 23.5%. In the presidential runoff, 62 of 63 valid votes went to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; across the district that share was 41.7%. At the 2017 referendum 85 of 85 valid votes were 'yes'; across the district the 'yes' share was 56.5%.
The neighborhood has stayed on the same line since 2015: AK Parti has finished first in all of the last 5 elections. At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to AK Parti with 47 votes, while Tutak as a whole was won by DEM Parti. Turnout at the 2023 parliamentary election was 93.9%, 20.1 points above the district average.