A constitutional referendum was held in Niue on 3 September 1974.

[1] The constitution was approved by 65% of voters, and came into force on 19 October.

[1] The proposed constitution was drafted by Robert Quentin Quentin-Baxter, a Professor of Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence at Victoria University of Wellington, in consultation with the Niue Assembly.

[1] It provided for a 21-member Assembly, consisting of a Speaker and 20 elected members (14 elected from single-member constituencies based on the villages and six from a single island-wide constituency).

The Assembly would elected a Premier, who would choose three other members of a four-person Executive Council.