Asagiulupinar-Istiklal is one of the localities of Darende; it had 473 registered voters at the 2011 parliamentary election.
AK Parti took 62.2% in the neighborhood at that election. Across Darende the same party stood at 71.9%, putting the neighborhood 9.7 points below the district average. At the 2010 referendum 88.6% of the neighborhood voted 'yes'; across the district that was 83.8%.
The picture has not changed since 2009: AK Parti has finished first in all of the last 4 elections.