Yarlisu is one of the localities of Varto. The neighborhood has a single ballot box, and 49 voters were registered there for the 2015 parliamentary election.
46 people voted at that election. Yeşil Sol Parti took the most votes with 43; CHP followed with 1. Yeşil Sol Parti's share here is 6.7 points above the district average. In the presidential election, 51 of 51 valid votes went to Selahattin Demirtaş; across the district that share was 88.1%. At the 2017 referendum 29 of 34 valid votes were 'no'; across the district the 'no' share was 86.1%.
Turnout at the 2024 local election was 93.2%, 26.3 points above the district average.