1974 South African Senate election
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1974 South African Senate election
| country = South Africa
| flag_year = 1928
| flag_image =
| type = Parliamentary
| vote_type = Popular
| ongoing = no
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| previous_election = 1970 South African Senate election
| previous_year = 1970
| previous_mps =
| election_date = {{Start date|1974|5|30|df=y}}
| elected_mps =
| next_election = 1994 South African general election#Senate
| next_year = 1994
| next_mps =
| seats_for_election = 44 of 54 seats in the Senate
| majority_seats = 28
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| image1 = File:John Vorster.jpg
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| leader1 = B. J. Vorster
| party1 = National Party (South Africa)
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| last_election1 = 41 seats
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| seats1 = 42
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| seat_change1 = {{increase}}1
| percentage1 = 77.78%
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| colour2 =
| leader2 = De Villiers Graaff
| party2 = United Party (South Africa)
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| last_election2 = 13 seats
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| seats2 = 12
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| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}1
| percentage2 = 22.22%
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| map_image = File:South African Senate after the 1974 election.svg
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = Seat composition in the Senate after the election
}}The election for the tenth Senate of South Africa took place on May 30, 1974. The result was a victory for the ruling National Party, winning 32 out of the 44 elected seats and 42 out of the total 54 seats.Keesing's Contemporary Archives 1969–1970, page 24341. This was the final election for the Senate before it was abolished in 1980 and replaced by the President's Council, an advisory body to the State President designed to draft a new constitution that would allow more political participation to the colored and Indian populations in South Africa.
According to section 29(2)(b) of the 1961 constitution, "at least one of the two senators nominated from each province under this section shall be thoroughly acquainted, by reason of official experience or otherwise, with the interests of the coloured population in the province for which the said senator is nominated".