Yamac is one of the localities of Malatya Merkez; it had 3,602 registered voters at the 2011 parliamentary election.
AK Parti took 68.1% in the neighborhood at that election. Across Malatya Merkez the same party stood at 70.7%, putting the neighborhood 2.6 points below the district average. At the 2010 referendum 76.3% 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 2011 parliamentary election was 82.9%, 5.1 points below the district average.