1974 Central Regional Council election

1974 Central Regional Council election
7 May 1974 (1974-05-07) 1978 →

All 34 seats to Central Regional Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour SNP Conservative
Seats won 17 9 4
Popular vote 41,086 32,948 9,225
Percentage 43.4% 34.8% 9.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Independent Independent Labour
Seats won 3 1
Popular vote 9,938 1,423
Percentage 10.5% 1.5%

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.