General elections were held in

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on 10 March 1974. The

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emerged as the largest faction in the Chamber of Representatives with 59 of the 212 seats. Voter turnout was 90.3%.Nohlen & Stöver, p291 Elections were also held for the nine provincial councils, as well as for the Council of the German Cultural Community for the first time.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

Senate

Council of the German Cultural Community

In this election, the new Council of the German Cultural Community (''Rat der deutschen Kulturgemeinschaft'') was directly elected for the first time; members of the council had been appointed a year earlier. The council is the precursor to the

Parliament of the German-speaking Community The Parliament of the German-speaking Community ( or PDG) is the legislative assembly of the German-speaking Community of Belgium located in Eupen. The most important tasks of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community include the election ...

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