Afsar-Yeni is one of the localities of Bala; it had 789 registered voters at the 2011 parliamentary election.
AK Parti took 51.2% in the neighborhood at that election. Across Bala the same party stood at 63.7%, putting the neighborhood 12.4 points below the district average. At the 2010 referendum 61.2% of the neighborhood voted 'yes'; across the district that was 74.0%.
At the 2009 local election the neighborhood went to Saadet Partisi with 32.3%, while Bala as a whole was won by AK Parti.