Kolan is one of the localities of Varto. The neighborhood has a single ballot box, and 93 voters were registered there for the 2015 parliamentary election.
86 people voted at that election. Yeşil Sol Parti took the most votes with 80; AK Parti followed with 3. Yeşil Sol Parti's share here is 2.0 points above the district average. In the presidential election, 96 of 97 valid votes went to Selahattin Demirtaş; across the district that share was 88.1%. At the 2017 referendum 75 of 86 valid votes were 'no'; across the district the 'no' share was 86.1%.
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). Turnout at the 2024 local election was 45.8%, 21.0 points below the district average.