Dilek-Ugrak is one of the localities of Malatya Merkez; it had 722 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 91.3%, while across Malatya Merkez the leading party was AK Parti, with CHP here running 72.1 points above its district average. At the 2010 referendum 95.3% of the neighborhood voted 'no' — 72.3 points above the district average.
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 93.0%, 11.1 points above the district average. At the 2009 local election the neighborhood went to CHP with 70.1%, while Malatya Merkez as a whole was won by AK Parti.