Golyayla is one of the localities of Varto; it had 75 registered voters at the 2015 parliamentary election.
64 people voted at that election. Yeşil Sol Parti took the most votes with 50; CHP followed with 7. Yeşil Sol Parti's share here is 11.7 points below the district average. In the presidential election, 76 of 83 valid votes went to Selahattin Demirtaş — 3.4 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 45 of 50 valid votes were 'no' — 3.9 points above the district average.
The tightest race came at the 2024 local election: CHP took 19 votes to AK Parti's 17 — a margin of just 2 votes. Turnout at the 2024 local election was 56.2%, 10.6 points below the district average. At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to CHP with 19 votes, while Varto as a whole was won by DEM Parti.