| Type: | parliamentary |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
| Next Election: | 1978 Central Regional Council election |
| Seats For Election: | All 34 seats to Central Regional Council |
| Majority Seats: | 18 |
| Party1: | Scottish Labour Party |
| Party2: | Scottish National Party |
| Seats1: | 17 |
| Seats2: | 9 |
| Popular Vote1: | 41,086 |
| Percentage1: | 43.4% |
| Popular Vote2: | 32,948 |
| Percentage2: | 34.8% |
| Party3: | Scottish Conservatives |
| Percentage3: | 9.7% |
| Popular Vote3: | 9,225 |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Party4: | Independent politician |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Percentage4: | 10.5% |
| Popular Vote4: | 9,938 |
| Party5: | Independent Labour |
| Percentage5: | 1.5% |
| Popular Vote5: | 1,423 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
Elections to the newly created Central Regional Council took place on 7 May 1974, as part of the wider 1974 Scottish local elections. There were 34 wards, each electing a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.
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