Karincali ranks 65th by electorate among the 78 localities of Malazgirt. The neighborhood has a single ballot box, and 93 voters were registered there for the 2023 parliamentary election.
The neighborhood parts ways with the district as a whole. At the 2023 parliamentary election it went to AK Parti with 71 votes, while across Malazgirt the leading party was Yeşil Sol Parti, with AK Parti here running 76.9 points above its district average. In the presidential runoff, 81 of 84 valid votes went to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — 74.0 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 41 of 47 valid votes were 'yes' — 58.8 points above the district average.
At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to AK Parti with 76 votes, while Malazgirt as a whole was won by DEM Parti. First place has changed hands 3 times here since 2009. Turnout at the 2024 local election was 83.5%, 10.1 points above the district average. The tightest race came at the 2015 parliamentary election: Yeşil Sol Parti took 37 votes to AK Parti's 25 — a margin of just 12 votes.