Tavla-Merkez is one of the localities of Samandağ; it had 1,375 registered voters at the 2011 parliamentary election.
CHP took 95.6% in the neighborhood at that election. Across Samandağ the same party stood at 87.3%, putting the neighborhood 8.2 points above the district average. At the 2010 referendum 97.5% of the neighborhood voted 'no'; across the district that was 90.8%.
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 91.2%, 10.8 points above the district average.