Esenli-Karsiyaka is one of the localities of Yozgat; it had 113 registered voters at the 2011 parliamentary election.
110 people voted at that election. AK Parti took the most votes with 84; MHP followed with 12. AK Parti's share here is 9.7 points above the district average. At the 2010 referendum 83 of 97 valid votes were 'yes' — 7.5 points above the district average.
At the 2009 local election the neighborhood went to Demokrat Parti with 50 votes, while Yozgat as a whole was won by AK Parti. Turnout at the 2009 local election was 95.1%, 7.7 points above the district average. The tightest race came at the 2009 local election: Demokrat Parti took 50 votes to AK Parti's 39 — a margin of just 11 votes.