Kayalikale is one of the localities of Varto; it had 186 registered voters at the 2015 parliamentary election.
175 people voted at that election. Yeşil Sol Parti took the most votes with 173. Yeşil Sol Parti's share here is 9.0 points above the district average. In the presidential election, 183 of 184 valid votes went to Selahattin Demirtaş — 11.3 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 152 of 163 valid votes were 'no' — 7.1 points above the district average.
Turnout at the 2024 local election was 55.4%, 11.4 points below the district average. The neighborhood has stayed on the same line since 2014: the same political line has finished first in all of the last 5 elections (BDP in 2014, Yeşil Sol Parti in 2015, HDP in 2019, DEM Parti in 2024).