Ucgulluk-Ada is one of the localities of İskenderun; it had 159 registered voters at the 2011 parliamentary election.
The neighborhood parts ways with the district as a whole. At the 2011 parliamentary election it went to AK Parti with 65 votes, while across İskenderun the leading party was CHP, with AK Parti here running 10.0 points above its district average. At the 2010 referendum 92 of 160 valid votes were 'yes' — 17.9 points above the district average.
First place has changed hands 3 times here since 2009. At the 2009 local election the neighborhood went to MHP with 64 votes, while İskenderun as a whole was won by CHP.