With 143 voters on the roll at the 2023 parliamentary election, Dolabas stands 52nd among the 78 localities of Malazgirt, and its votes were cast at one ballot box.
125 people voted at that election. Yeşil Sol Parti took the most votes with 87; AK Parti followed with 13. Yeşil Sol Parti's share here is 3.0 points above the district average. In the presidential runoff, 90 of 115 valid votes went to Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu — 0.7 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 94 of 124 valid votes were 'no' — 4.3 points above the district average.
The electorate shrank from 266 registered voters in 2011 to 143 in 2023 — a change of about 46 percent. The tightest race came at the 2019 local election: HDP took 51 votes to AK Parti's 39 — a margin of just 12 votes. At the 2023 parliamentary election 13 of 125 ballots cast were ruled invalid (10.4%), well above the district average. Turnout at the 2023 parliamentary election was 87.4%, 11.1 points above the district average.