Erenli-Merkez is one of the localities of Malatya Merkez; it had 1,646 registered voters at the 2011 parliamentary election.
AK Parti took 85.4% in the neighborhood at that election. Across Malatya Merkez the same party stood at 70.7%, putting the neighborhood 14.7 points above the district average. At the 2010 referendum 97.8% of the neighborhood voted 'yes'; across the district that was 76.9%.
The picture has not changed since 2009: AK Parti has finished first in all of the last 4 elections.