Karatas ranks 122nd by electorate among the 127 localities of Kâhta. The neighborhood has a single ballot box, and 36 voters were registered there for the 2023 parliamentary election.
27 people voted at that election. AK Parti took the most votes with 20; Yeşil Sol Parti followed with 4. AK Parti's share here is 12.3 points above the district average. In the presidential runoff, 23 of 28 valid votes went to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — 0.7 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 41 of 42 valid votes were 'yes' — 13.4 points above the district average.
The electorate shrank from 56 registered voters in 2011 to 36 in 2023 — a change of about 36 percent. Turnout at the 2024 local election was 43.6%, 31.8 points below the district average. The tightest race came at the 2015 parliamentary election: AK Parti took 19 votes to Yeşil Sol Parti's 15 — a margin of just 4 votes. First place has changed hands 5 times here since 2009.