Kayali ranks 181st by electorate among the 184 localities of Adıyaman. The neighborhood has a single ballot box, and 22 voters were registered there for the 2023 parliamentary election.
19 people voted at that election. AK Parti took the most votes with 13; CHP followed with 3. AK Parti's share here is 23.1 points above the district average. In the presidential runoff, 16 of 18 valid votes went to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; across the district that share was 62.0%. At the 2017 referendum 17 of 17 valid votes were 'yes'; across the district the 'yes' share was 63.8%.
The picture has not changed since 2009: AK Parti has finished first in all of the last 9 elections. At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to AK Parti with 17 votes, while Adıyaman as a whole was won by CHP. Turnout at the 2023 parliamentary election was 86.4%, 6.2 points above the district average.