The following elections occurred in the year 1988.
Africa
- 1988 Cameroonian general election
- 1988 Equatorial Guinean legislative election
- 1988 Kenyan general election
- 1988 Malian parliamentary election
- 1988 Rwandan parliamentary election
- 1988 Rwandan presidential election
- 1988 Senegalese general election
- 1988 Zambian general election
Asia
- 1988 Afghan parliamentary election
- 1988 Bangladeshi general election
- 1988 Iranian legislative election
- 1988 Israeli legislative election
- 1988 Pakistani general election
- 1988 Philippine local elections
- 1988 Singaporean general election
- 1988 South Korean legislative election
- 1988 Sri Lankan presidential election
- November 1988 Sri Lankan Provincial Council elections
Australia
- 1988 Adelaide by-election
- 1988 Barambah state by-election
- 1988 Groom by-election
- 1988 New South Wales state election
- 1988 Oxley by-election
- 1988 Port Adelaide by-election
- 1988 Australian referendum
- 1988 South Coast state by-election
- 1988 Victorian state election
Europe
- Catalan parliamentary election, 1988
- 1988 Danish parliamentary election
- 1988 Faroese parliamentary election
- 1988 Finnish presidential election
- 1988 French legislative election
- 1988 Gibraltar general election
- 1988 Icelandic presidential election
- 1988 Stockholm municipal election
- 1988 Swedish general election
France
- 1988 French Matignon Accords referendum
- 1988 French cantonal elections
- 1988 French presidential election
North America
Canada
- 1988 Canadian federal election
- 1988 Brantford municipal election
- 1988 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election
- 1988 Manitoba general election
- 1988 Nova Scotia general election
- 1988 Ontario municipal elections
- 1988 Ottawa municipal election
- 1988 Toronto municipal election
- 1988 Windsor municipal election
Caribbean
Mexico
United States
- 1988 United States Senate elections
- 1988 United States gubernatorial elections
- 1988 United States presidential election
United States gubernatorial
California
- United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1988
- United States presidential election in California, 1988
Connecticut
Florida
Hawaii
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Missouri
- 1988 United States Senate election in Missouri
- United States presidential election in Missouri, 1988
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
South Carolina
United States House of Representatives
- 1988 United States House of Representatives elections
- United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1988
- United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1988
United States Senate
- 1988 United States Senate elections
- United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1988
- United States Senate election in Florida, 1988
- United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1988
- United States Senate election in Maryland, 1988
- United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1988
- 1988 United States Senate election in Missouri
- United States Senate election in Montana, 1988
- United States Senate election in Nebraska, 1988
- United States Senate election in Nevada, 1988
- United States Senate election in New Jersey, 1988
- United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1988
- United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1988
- United States Senate election in Ohio, 1988
- United States Senate election in Washington, 1988
- United States Senate election in West Virginia, 1988
Washington (U.S. state)
West Virginia
Oceania
Australia
- 1988 Adelaide by-election
- 1988 Barambah state by-election
- 1988 Groom by-election
- 1988 New South Wales state election
- 1988 Oxley by-election
- 1988 Port Adelaide by-election
- 1988 Australian referendum
- 1988 South Coast state by-election
- 1988 Victorian state election
Hawaii
South America
- 1988 Chilean national plebiscite
- 1988 Ecuadorian general election
- 1988 Venezuelan presidential election