Sancaktepe ranks 149th by electorate among the 149 localities of Şehitkamil. The neighborhood has a single ballot box, and 37 voters were registered there for the 2023 parliamentary election.
42 people voted at that election. AK Parti took the most votes with 27; CHP followed with 5. AK Parti's share here is 20.0 points above the district average. In the presidential runoff, 33 of 40 valid votes went to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; across the district that share was 61.6%. At the 2017 referendum 39 of 44 valid votes were 'yes'; across the district the 'yes' share was 61.5%.
The picture has not changed since 2018: AK Parti has finished first in all of the last 8 elections. At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to AK Parti with 29 votes, while Şehitkamil as a whole was won by CHP. Turnout at the 2024 local election was 94.7%, 26.3 points above the district average.