Goltepe is one of the localities of Varto; it had 30 registered voters at the 2015 parliamentary election.
20 people voted at that election. Yeşil Sol Parti took the most votes with 16; CHP followed with 3. Yeşil Sol Parti's share here is 6.8 points below the district average. In the presidential election, 30 of 39 valid votes went to Ekmeleddin Mehmet İhsanoğlu — 68.6 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 15 of 18 valid votes were 'no' — 2.8 points below the district average.
First place has changed hands 3 times here since 2009. Turnout at the 2015 parliamentary election was 66.7%, 18.0 points below the district average. The tightest race came at the 2015 parliamentary election: Yeşil Sol Parti took 22 votes to CHP's 7 — a margin of just 15 votes.