A single ballot box served Ortaoba at the 2023 parliamentary election, with 24 registered voters; that places it 49th among the 49 localities of Çekerek.
The neighborhood parts ways with the district as a whole. At the 2023 parliamentary election it went to İYİ Parti with 12 votes, while across Çekerek the leading party was AK Parti, with İYİ Parti here running 43.0 points above its district average. In the presidential runoff, 17 of 24 valid votes went to Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu — 50.3 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 15 of 18 valid votes were 'no' — 64.3 points above the district average.
At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to AK Parti with 13 votes, while Çekerek as a whole was won by MHP. Turnout at the 2024 local election was 80.0%, 7.2 points below the district average. First place has changed hands 6 times here since 2009. The tightest race came at the 2009 local election: CHP took 26 votes to MHP's 14 — a margin of just 12 votes.