Local elections were held in Scotland on 5 May 1988, to elect members to all 53 district councils under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which had established the two-tier system of regions and districts.
National results
!colspan=2|Parties !Votes !Votes % !Wards
|42.6 |553
|21.3 |113
|19.4 |162
|8.4 |84
|6.4 |231 |- | style="width: 10px" bgcolor=| | style="text-align: left;" scope="row" | Other
!colspan=2|Total ! !n/a !~1158
Results by region Borders District 1984 result 1988 result Turnout Details Berwickshire Details Ettrick and Lauderdale Details Roxburghshire Details Tweeddale Details
Central District 1984 result 1988 result Turnout Details Clackmannan Details Falkirk Details Stirling Details
Dumfries and Galloway District 1984 result 1988 result Turnout Details Annandale and Eskdale Details Wigtown Details Nithsdale Details Stewartry Details
Fife District 1984 result 1988 result Turnout Details Dunfermline Details Kirkcaldy Details North-East Fife Details
Grampian District 1984 result 1988 result Turnout Details Banff and Buchan Details City of Aberdeen Details Gordon Details Kincardine and Deeside Details Moray Details
Highland District 1984 result 1988 result Turnout Details Badenoch and Strathspey Details Caithness Details Inverness Details Lochaber Details Nairn Details Ross and Cromarty Details Skye and Lochalsh Details Sutherland Details
Lothian District 1984 result 1988 result Turnout Details City of Edinburgh Details East Lothian Details Midlothian Details West Lothian Details
Strathclyde District 1984 result 1988 result Turnout Details Argyll and Bute Details Bearsden and Milngavie Details Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Details Clydebank Details Cunninghame Details Cumnock and Doon Valley Details Dumbarton Details East Kilbride Details Eastwood Details City of Glasgow Details Hamilton Details Inverclyde Details Kilmarnock and Loudoun Details Kyle and Carrick Details Clydesdale Details Motherwell Details Monklands Details Strathkelvin Details
Tayside District 1984 result 1988 result Turnout Details Angus Details City of Dundee Details Perth and Kinross Details
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