| Election Name: | 1874 German federal election |
| Country: | German Empire |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1871 German federal election |
| Previous Year: | 1871 |
| Next Election: | 1877 German federal election |
| Next Year: | 1877 |
| Seats For Election: | All 397 seats in the Reichstag |
| Majority Seats: | 199 |
| Registered: | 8,523,446 11.33% |
| Turnout: | 5,219,830 (61.24%) 10.23pp |
| Image1: | Die Gartenlaube (1874) b 093 (cropped).jpg |
| Party1: | National Liberal Party (Germany) |
| Leader Since1: | 1867 |
| Last Election1: | 28.97%, 117 seats |
| Seats1: | 147 |
| Seat Change1: | 30 |
| Percentage1: | 26.86% |
| Swing1: | 2.11 pp |
| Leader2: | Hermann von Mallinckrodt |
| Party2: | Centre Party (Germany) |
| Leader Since2: | 1870 |
| Last Election2: | 18.21%, 58 seats |
| Seats2: | 91 |
| Seat Change2: | 33 |
| Popular Vote2: | |
| Percentage2: | 27.72% |
| Swing2: | 9.51 pp |
| Party3: | German Progress Party |
| Last Election3: | 9.04%, 45 seats |
| Seats3: | 48 |
| Seat Change3: | 3 |
| Percentage3: | 8.83% |
| Swing3: | 0.21 pp |
| Image4: | Victor Herzog von Ratibor (cropped).jpg |
| Leader4: | Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor |
| Party4: | Free Conservative Party |
| Last Election4: | 8.83%, 37 seats |
| Seats4: | 32 |
| Seat Change4: | 5 |
| Percentage4: | 7.49% |
| Swing4: | 1.34 pp |
| Party5: | Conservative Party (Prussia) |
| Last Election5: | 13.51%, 56 seats |
| Seats5: | 21 |
| Seat Change5: | 35 |
| Percentage5: | 6.78% |
| Swing5: | 6.73 pp |
| Party6: | Polish Party |
| Last Election6: | 4.54%, 13 seats |
| Seats6: | 14 |
| Seat Change6: | 1 |
| Percentage6: | 4.02% |
| Swing6: | 0.52 pp |
| Map Size: | 390px |
| President of the Reichstag | |
| Before Election: | Eduard von Simson |
| Before Party: | Independent politician |
| Posttitle: | President of the Reichstag after election |
| After Election: | Max von Forckenbeck |
| After Party: | National Liberal Party (Germany) |
Federal elections were held in Germany on 10 January 1874.[1] The National Liberal Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag, with 147 of the 397 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 61.2%.[3]
The Kulturkampf policies to suppress the political power of Catholicism in Germany were launched in 1873. However, the Catholic Centre Party saw its support double from the previous election.