Alabalik is one of the localities of Varto; it had 59 registered voters at the 2015 parliamentary election.
50 people voted at that election. Yeşil Sol Parti took the most votes with 43; AK Parti followed with 2. Yeşil Sol Parti's share here is 3.3 points below the district average. In the presidential election, 58 of 60 valid votes went to Selahattin Demirtaş — 8.5 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 34 of 42 valid votes were 'no' — 5.2 points below the district average.
The tightest race came at the 2019 local election: CHP took 21 votes to HDP's 19 — a margin of just 2 votes. First place has changed hands 3 times here since 2009. Turnout at the 2024 local election was 72.6%, 5.7 points above the district average.