Yildirim ranks 64th by electorate among the 68 localities of Diyadin. The neighborhood has a single ballot box, and 34 voters were registered there for the 2023 parliamentary election.
24 people voted at that election. Yeşil Sol Parti took the most votes with 20; CHP followed with 3. Yeşil Sol Parti's share here is 21.3 points above the district average. In the presidential runoff, 21 of 24 valid votes went to Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu; across the district that share was 74.3%. At the 2017 referendum 18 of 30 valid votes were 'yes'; across the district the 'yes' share was 31.9%.
The neighborhood has stayed on the same line since 2014: the same political line has finished first in all of the last 6 elections (BDP in 2014, Yeşil Sol Parti in 2015, HDP in 2019, DEM Parti in 2024). Turnout at the 2024 local election was 80.0%, 13.0 points above the district average.