Kartaldere is one of the localities of Varto. The neighborhood has a single ballot box, and 91 voters were registered there for the 2015 parliamentary election.
78 people voted at that election. Yeşil Sol Parti took the most votes with 72; CHP followed with 3. Yeşil Sol Parti's share here is 1.3 points above the district average. In the presidential election, 63 of 78 valid votes went to Selahattin Demirtaş; across the district that share was 88.1%. At the 2017 referendum 57 of 64 valid votes were 'no'; across the district the 'no' share was 86.1%.
At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to AK Parti with 22 votes, while Varto as a whole was won by DEM Parti. Turnout at the 2024 local election was 51.2%, 15.6 points below the district average.