A single ballot box served Sahnaderesi at the 2023 parliamentary election, with 51 registered voters; that places it 89th 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 25 votes, while across Akdağmadeni the leading party was AK Parti, with İYİ Parti here running 28.1 points above its district average. In the presidential runoff, 37 of 47 valid votes went to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — 2.5 points below the district average. At the 2017 referendum 43 of 48 valid votes were 'yes' — 10.4 points above the district average.
At the 2024 local election the neighborhood went to AK Parti with 22 votes, while Akdağmadeni as a whole was won by MHP. Turnout at the 2023 parliamentary election was 98.0%, 18.1 points above the district average. The tightest race came at the 2009 local election: AK Parti took 16 votes to MHP's 14 — a margin of just 2 votes. First place has changed hands 5 times here since 2009.