Derince ranks 52nd by electorate among the 54 localities of Varto. The neighborhood has a single ballot box, and 78 voters were registered there for the 2023 parliamentary election.
66 people voted at that election. Yeşil Sol Parti took the most votes with 59; AK Parti followed with 2. Yeşil Sol Parti's share here is 9.6 points above the district average. In the presidential runoff, 52 of 62 valid votes went to Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu; across the district that share was 89.2%. At the 2017 referendum 55 of 67 valid votes were 'no'; across the district the 'no' share was 86.1%.
The neighborhood has stayed on the same line since 2014: the same political line has finished first in all of the last 6 elections (BDP in 2014, Yeşil Sol Parti in 2015, HDP in 2019, DEM Parti in 2024). Turnout at the 2024 local election was 74.7%, 7.9 points above the district average.