A single ballot box served Kabakini at the 2023 parliamentary election, with 155 registered voters; that places it 14th among the 52 localities of Şefaatli.
The neighborhood parts ways with the district as a whole. At the 2023 parliamentary election it went to İYİ Parti with 60 votes, while across Şefaatli the leading party was AK Parti, with İYİ Parti here running 16.5 points above its district average. In the presidential runoff, 64 of 122 valid votes went to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — 16.6 points below the district average. At the 2017 referendum 66 of 119 valid votes were 'no' — 19.8 points above the district average.
Turnout at the 2023 parliamentary election was 80.6%, 6.9 points below the district average. The tightest race came at the 2015 parliamentary election: AK Parti took 44 votes to MHP's 41 — a margin of just 3 votes. First place has changed hands 4 times here since 2009. At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to İYİ Parti with 69 votes, while Şefaatli as a whole was won by AK Parti.