A single ballot box served Yukarikargalik at the 2023 parliamentary election, with 66 registered voters; that places it 64th among the 85 localities of Tutak.
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 AK Parti here running 66.8 points above its district average. In the presidential runoff, 62 of 63 valid votes went to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — 56.7 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 85 of 85 valid votes were 'yes' — 43.5 points above the district average.
The tightest race came at the 2015 parliamentary election: Yeşil Sol Parti took 26 votes to AK Parti's 25 — a margin of just 1 vote. First place has changed hands 4 times here since 2009. 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.