Kocyatagi is one of the localities of Varto; it had 37 registered voters at the 2015 parliamentary election.
27 people voted at that election. Yeşil Sol Parti took the most votes with 18; CHP followed with 8. Yeşil Sol Parti's share here is 24.4 points below the district average. In the presidential election, 21 of 37 valid votes went to Ekmeleddin Mehmet İhsanoğlu — 48.5 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 26 of 34 valid votes were 'no' — 9.6 points below the district average.
Turnout at the 2024 local election was 85.0%, 18.2 points above the district average. First place has changed hands 3 times here since 2009.