Haniminciftligi-Cihanbey is one of the localities of Malatya Merkez; it had 3,066 registered voters at the 2011 parliamentary election.
AK Parti took 82.6% in the neighborhood at that election. Across Malatya Merkez the same party stood at 70.7%, putting the neighborhood 11.9 points above the district average. At the 2010 referendum 89.6% 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. Turnout at the 2009 local election was 90.9%, 9.0 points above the district average.