| Type: | parliamentary |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
| Next Election: | 1978 Tayside Regional Council election |
| Seats For Election: | All 46 seats to Tayside Regional Council |
| Majority Seats: | 24 |
| Party1: | Scottish Conservatives |
| Party2: | Scottish Labour Party |
| Seats1: | 22 |
| Seats2: | 15 |
| Popular Vote1: | 55,425 |
| Percentage1: | 43.8% |
| Popular Vote2: | 41,138 |
| Percentage2: | 32.5% |
| Party3: | Independent politician |
| Percentage3: | 19.9% |
| Popular Vote3: | 25,166 |
| Seats3: | 9 |
Elections to the newly created Tayside Regional Council took place on 7 May 1974, as part of the wider 1974 Scottish local elections. There were 46 wards, each electing a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Source:[1]