With 79 voters on the roll at the 2023 parliamentary election, Eskikent stands 48th among the 49 localities of Gerger, and its votes were cast at one ballot box.
The neighborhood parts ways with the district as a whole. At the 2023 parliamentary election it went to CHP with 34 votes, while across Gerger the leading party was AK Parti, with CHP here running 51.1 points above its district average. In the presidential runoff, 39 of 61 valid votes went to Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu — 51.1 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 31 of 60 valid votes were 'no' — 39.4 points above the district average.
Turnout at the 2024 local election was 88.1%, 11.8 points above the district average. The tightest race came at the 2014 local election: AK Parti took 20 votes to Saadet Partisi's 19 — a margin of just 1 vote. First place has changed hands 4 times here since 2009. At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to CHP with 34 votes, while Gerger as a whole was won by AK Parti.