A single ballot box served Kolanli at the 2023 parliamentary election, with 80 registered voters; that places it 89th among the 126 localities of Yozgat.
The neighborhood parts ways with the district as a whole. At the 2023 parliamentary election it went to İYİ Parti with 72 votes, while across Yozgat the leading party was AK Parti, with İYİ Parti here running 72.0 points above its district average. In the presidential runoff, 78 of 81 valid votes went to Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu — 70.1 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 68 of 72 valid votes were 'no' — 67.4 points above the district average.
Turnout at the 2024 local election was 100.0%, 17.7 points above the district average. The tightest race came at the 2019 local election: CHP took 27 votes to AK Parti's 18 — a margin of just 9 votes. At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to CHP with 43 votes, while Yozgat as a whole was won by AK Parti. The electorate grew from 65 registered voters in 2011 to 80 in 2023 — a change of about 23 percent.