Uzunpinar-Istiklal is one of the localities of Denizli Merkez; it had 1,222 registered voters at the 2011 parliamentary election.
AK Parti took 46.1% in the neighborhood at that election. Across Denizli Merkez the same party stood at 48.3%, putting the neighborhood 2.2 points below the district average. At the 2010 referendum 61.2% of the neighborhood voted 'no'; across the district that was 53.4%.
The picture has not changed since 2009: AK Parti has finished first in all of the last 4 elections. Turnout at the 2009 local election was 97.0%, 9.0 points above the district average.