Yanikcukur ranks 27th by electorate among the 68 localities of Diyadin. The neighborhood has a single ballot box, and 242 voters were registered there for the 2023 parliamentary election.
The neighborhood parts ways with the district as a whole. At the 2023 parliamentary election it went to AK Parti with 71 votes, while across Diyadin the leading party was Yeşil Sol Parti, with AK Parti here running 34.5 points above its district average. In the presidential runoff, 73 of 112 valid votes went to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — 39.5 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 145 of 170 valid votes were 'yes' — 53.4 points above the district average.
The neighborhood has stayed on the same line since 2015: AK Parti has finished first in all of the last 5 elections. The tightest race came at the 2015 parliamentary election: Yeşil Sol Parti took 65 votes to AK Parti's 62 — a margin of just 3 votes. Turnout at the 2024 local election was 77.0%, 10.1 points above the district average. At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to AK Parti with 66 votes, while Diyadin as a whole was won by DEM Parti.