Kucuktepe is one of the localities of Varto; it had 138 registered voters at the 2015 parliamentary election.
125 people voted at that election. Yeşil Sol Parti took the most votes with 123; CHP followed with 1. Yeşil Sol Parti's share here is 7.4 points above the district average. In the presidential election, 75 of 102 valid votes went to Selahattin Demirtaş — 14.6 points below the district average. At the 2017 referendum 65 of 97 valid votes were 'no' — 19.1 points below the district average.
First place has changed hands 4 times here since 2009. Turnout at the 2015 parliamentary election was 90.6%, 5.9 points above the district average. The tightest race came at the 2009 local election: DTP took 40 votes to AK Parti's 39 — a margin of just 1 vote.