A single ballot box served Kavak at the 2023 parliamentary election, with 64 registered voters; that places it 161st among the 184 localities of Adıyaman.
60 people voted at that election. AK Parti took the most votes with 38; independents followed with 11. AK Parti's share here is 18.0 points above the district average. In the presidential runoff, 59 of 63 valid votes went to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — 31.7 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 69 of 72 valid votes were 'yes' — 32.0 points above the district average.
Turnout at the 2023 parliamentary election was 93.8%, 13.5 points above the district average. The tightest race came at the 2009 local election: AK Parti took 33 votes to MHP's 26 — a margin of just 7 votes. At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to AK Parti with 36 votes, while Adıyaman as a whole was won by CHP. The picture has not changed since 2009: AK Parti has finished first in all of the last 9 elections.