Besikkaya is one of the localities of Varto. The neighborhood has a single ballot box, and 83 voters were registered there for the 2015 parliamentary election.
79 people voted at that election. Yeşil Sol Parti took the most votes with 62; CHP followed with 13. Yeşil Sol Parti's share here is 12.6 points below the district average. In the presidential election, 64 of 108 valid votes went to Selahattin Demirtaş; across the district that share was 88.1%. At the 2017 referendum 56 of 60 valid votes were 'no'; across the district the 'no' share was 86.1%.
Turnout at the 2024 local election was 81.1%, 14.2 points above the district average.