Besikkaya is one of the localities of Varto; it had 83 registered voters at 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 — 28.9 points below the district average. At the 2017 referendum 56 of 60 valid votes were 'no' — 7.2 points above the district average.
Turnout at the 2024 local election was 81.1%, 14.2 points above the district average. The tightest race came at the 2024 local election: DEM Parti took 33 votes to CHP's 30 — a margin of just 3 votes. First place has changed hands 3 times here since 2009.