With 113 voters on the roll at the 2023 parliamentary election, Kardesler stands 58th among the 78 localities of Malazgirt, and its votes were cast at one ballot box.
97 people voted at that election. Yeşil Sol Parti took the most votes with 41; AK Parti followed with 33. Yeşil Sol Parti's share here is 27.6 points below the district average. In the presidential runoff, 46 of 84 valid votes went to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — 32.3 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 48 of 66 valid votes were 'yes' — 44.3 points above the district average.
The tightest race came at the 2024 local election: DEM Parti took 29 votes to AK Parti's 27 — a margin of just 2 votes. Turnout at the 2024 local election was 50.4%, 23.0 points below the district average. At the 2023 parliamentary election 10 of 97 ballots cast were ruled invalid (10.3%), well above the district average. The electorate grew from 85 registered voters in 2011 to 113 in 2023 — a change of about 33 percent.