Dereyurt ranks 92nd by electorate among the 97 localities of Akdağmadeni. The neighborhood has a single ballot box, and 36 voters were registered there for the 2023 parliamentary election.
The neighborhood parts ways with the district as a whole. At the 2023 parliamentary election it went to İYİ Parti with 29 votes, while across Akdağmadeni the leading party was AK Parti, with İYİ Parti here running 47.2 points above its district average. In the presidential runoff, 30 of 42 valid votes went to Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu — 52.6 points above the district average. At the 2017 referendum 12 of 20 valid votes were 'yes' — 19.2 points below the district average.
First place has changed hands 5 times here since 2009. At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to CHP with 27 votes, while Akdağmadeni as a whole was won by MHP. Turnout at the 2024 local election was 95.5%, 18.1 points above the district average. The tightest race came at the 2015 parliamentary election: AK Parti took 12 votes to independents's 9 — a margin of just 3 votes.