Dutozu ranks 41st by electorate among the 54 localities of Varto. The neighborhood has a single ballot box, and 147 voters were registered there for the 2023 parliamentary election.
109 people voted at that election. Yeşil Sol Parti took the most votes with 88; AK Parti followed with 9. Yeşil Sol Parti's share here is 2.9 points above the district average. In the presidential runoff, 85 of 96 valid votes went to Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu; across the district that share was 89.2%. At the 2017 referendum 57 of 74 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 52.1%, 14.8 points below the district average.