Dursunlu-Merkez is one of the localities of Hatay Merkez; it had 4,562 registered voters at the 2011 parliamentary election.
CHP took 92.5% in the neighborhood at that election. Across Hatay Merkez the same party stood at 66.4%, putting the neighborhood 26.0 points above the district average. At the 2010 referendum 96.0% of the neighborhood voted 'no'; across the district that was 71.8%.
The picture has not changed since 2009: CHP has finished first in all of the last 4 elections. Turnout at the 2009 local election was 91.5%, 6.2 points above the district average.