Akcali-Cinar is one of the localities of İskenderun; it had 780 registered voters at the 2011 parliamentary election.
CHP took 95.4% in the neighborhood at that election. Across İskenderun the same party stood at 43.5%, putting the neighborhood 51.9 points above the district average. At the 2010 referendum 97.7% of the neighborhood voted 'no'; across the district that was 60.4%.
The picture has not changed since 2009: CHP has finished first in all of the last 4 elections. Turnout at the 2011 parliamentary election was 80.3%, 6.5 points below the district average.