Sanlica is one of the localities of Varto; it had 94 registered voters at the 2015 parliamentary election.
93 people voted at that election. Yeşil Sol Parti took the most votes with 91; Saadet Partisi followed with 1. Yeşil Sol Parti's share here is 6.8 points above the district average. In the presidential election, 95 of 95 valid votes went to Selahattin Demirtaş — 11.9 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 48 of 69 valid votes were 'no' — 16.5 points below the district average.
The tightest race came at the 2024 local election: DEM Parti took 19 votes to AK Parti's 14 — a margin of just 5 votes. 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 43.5%, 23.3 points below the district average.