A single ballot box served Ardicalani at the 2023 parliamentary election, with 93 registered voters; that places it 70th among the 97 localities of Akdağmadeni.
The neighborhood parts ways with the district as a whole. At the 2023 parliamentary election it went to İYİ Parti with 70 votes, while across Akdağmadeni the leading party was AK Parti, with İYİ Parti here running 66.7 points above its district average. In the presidential runoff, 82 of 85 valid votes went to Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu — 77.7 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 63 of 69 valid votes were 'no' — 70.5 points above the district average.
First place has changed hands 3 times here since 2009. Turnout at the 2024 local election was 89.9%, 12.5 points above the district average. The tightest race came at the 2009 local election: MHP took 44 votes to CHP's 29 — a margin of just 15 votes. At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to CHP with 107 votes, while Akdağmadeni as a whole was won by MHP.