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The 1994 Highland Regional Council election was held on 5 May 1994 as part of the wider 1994 Scottish regional elections and British local elections. The election saw the Independent administration maintaining their control.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Independent | 34 |  | 63.0 | 55.2 | 27,971 |  1.7 | |||
| Labour | 8 | 2 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 7,329 | 2.8 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 5 |  2 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 4,842 | 3.9 | |||
| SNP | 4 | 2 | 7.4 | 16.2 | 8,213 | 4.5 | |||
| Conservative | 2 | 1 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 832 | 1.2 | |||
| Ind. Lib Dem | 1 | | 1.9 | 1.7 | 885 | 1.7 | |||
| Scottish Green | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 261 | 10.0 | |
| Scottish Militant Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.5 | 278 | New | |
| Republican Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.1 | 38 | New | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | W. J. Scott | Unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | N. J. O. Graham | Unopposed | |||
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