| Election Name: | 1974 Belgian general election |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1971 Belgian general election |
| Previous Year: | 1971 |
| Next Election: | 1977 Belgian general election |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
| Seats For Election: | 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives |
| Election Date: | 10 March 1974 |
| Leader1: | Edmond Leburton |
| Leader Since1: | Candidate for PM |
| Party1: | Belgian Socialist Party |
| Last Election1: | 25 seats, 10.40% |
| Seats1: | 59 |
| Seat Change1: | 34 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,401,725 |
| Percentage1: | 26.66% |
| Swing1: | 16.26% |
| Leader2: | Leo Tindemans |
| Leader Since2: | Candidate for PM |
| Party2: | Christian People's Party (Belgium) |
| Last Election2: | 40 seats, 18.32% |
| Seats2: | 50 |
| Seat Change2: | 10 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,222,646 |
| Percentage2: | 23.25% |
| Swing2: | 4.91% |
| Leader3: | Frans Grootjans |
| Leader Since3: | 1973 |
| Party3: | Party for Freedom and Progress (Flanders) |
| Last Election3: | 16 seats, 7.42% |
| Seats3: | 30 |
| Seat Change3: | 14 |
| Popular Vote3: | 798,818 |
| Percentage3: | 15.19% |
| Swing3: | 7.77% |
| Leader4: | Frans Van der Elst |
| Leader Since4: | 1955 |
| Party4: | VU |
| Last Election4: | 21 seats, 11.11% |
| Seats4: | 22 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 536,287 |
| Percentage4: | 10.20% |
| Swing4: | 0.91% |
| Color4: | FFFF00 |
| Leader5: | Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb |
| Leader Since5: | 1972 |
| Party5: | Christian Social Party (Wallonia) |
| Last Election5: | 15 seats, 6.20% |
| Seats5: | 22 |
| Seat Change5: | 7 |
| Popular Vote5: | 478,209 |
| Percentage5: | 9.09% |
| Swing5: | 2.89% |
| Leader6: | André Lagasse |
| Leader Since6: | 1972 |
| Party6: | DéFI |
| Last Election6: | 12 seats, 5.43% |
| Seats6: | 14 |
| Seat Change6: | 2 |
| Popular Vote6: | 301,303 |
| Percentage6: | 5.73% |
| Swing6: | 0.30% |
| Government | |
| Posttitle: | Government after election |
| Before Election: | Leburton II |
| Before Party: | BSP/PSB-CVP-PSC-PVV-PRL |
| After Election: | Tindemans I |
| After Party: | CVP-PSC-PVV-PRL |
General elections were held in Belgium on 10 March 1974.[1] The Belgian Socialist Party emerged as the largest faction in the Chamber of Representatives with 59 of the 212 seats. Voter turnout was 90.3%.[2] Elections were also held for the nine provincial councils, as well as for the Council of the German Cultural Community for the first time.
In this election, the new Council of the German Cultural Community (Rat der deutschen Kulturgemeinschaft) was directly elected for the first time; members of the council had been appointed a year earlier. The council is the precursor to the Parliament of the German-speaking Community.