Beydagi-Balikdere is one of the localities of Malatya Merkez; it had 1,196 registered voters at the 2011 parliamentary election.
AK Parti took 51.3% in the neighborhood at that election. Across Malatya Merkez the same party stood at 70.7%, putting the neighborhood 19.4 points below the district average. At the 2010 referendum 54.4% of the neighborhood voted 'yes'; across the district that was 76.9%.
Turnout at the 2009 local election was 95.4%, 13.5 points above the district average.