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 74.7%, leaving AK Parti at 13.0%. In the presidential runoff, 81 of 84 valid votes went to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; across the district that share was 22.4%. At the 2017 referendum 41 of 47 valid votes were 'yes'; across the district the 'yes' share was 28.5%.
The neighborhood has stayed on the same line since 2018: AK Parti has finished first in all of the last 4 elections. At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to AK Parti with 76 votes, while Malazgirt as a whole was won by DEM Parti. Turnout at the 2024 local election was 83.5%, 10.1 points above the district average.