Dilek-Emirahmetoglu is one of the localities of Malatya Merkez; it had 558 registered voters at the 2011 parliamentary election.
The neighborhood parts ways with the district as a whole. At the 2011 parliamentary election it went to CHP with 84.4%, while across Malatya Merkez the leading party was AK Parti, with CHP here running 65.2 points above its district average. At the 2010 referendum 92.7% of the neighborhood voted 'no' — 69.6 points above the district average.
At the 2009 local election the neighborhood went to CHP with 63.2%, while Malatya Merkez as a whole was won by AK Parti. The picture has not changed since 2009: CHP has finished first in all of the last 4 elections. Turnout at the 2009 local election was 94.5%, 12.6 points above the district average.