Tuzla is one of the localities of Çiğli; it had 9 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 6 votes, while across Çiğli the leading party was CHP, with AK Parti here running 15.3 points above its district average. At the 2010 referendum 21 of 34 valid votes were 'no' — 8.4 points below the district average.
At the 2009 local election the neighborhood went to AK Parti with 48 votes, while Çiğli as a whole was won by CHP. Turnout at the 2009 local election was 91.9%, 7.6 points above the district average. The picture has not changed since 2009: AK Parti has finished first in all of the last 5 elections.