Acarkent is one of the localities of Varto. The neighborhood has a single ballot box, and 144 voters were registered there for the 2015 parliamentary election.
116 people voted at that election. Yeşil Sol Parti took the most votes with 84; CHP followed with 29. Yeşil Sol Parti's share here is 18.6 points below the district average. In the presidential election, 71 of 144 valid votes went to Selahattin Demirtaş; across the district that share was 88.1%. At the 2017 referendum 102 of 102 valid votes were 'no'; across the district the 'no' share was 86.1%.
At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to CHP with 59 votes, while Varto as a whole was won by DEM Parti. Turnout at the 2024 local election was 76.8%, 9.9 points above the district average.