| Election Name: | 1968 Manchester City Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Arms of the City of Manchester.svg |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1967 Manchester City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1967 |
| Next Election: | 1969 Manchester City Council election |
| Next Year: | 1969 |
| Seats For Election: | 41 of 152 seats to Manchester City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 76 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 80 |
| Seats1: | 33 |
| Seats After1: | 91 |
| Popular Vote1: | 82,538 |
| Percentage1: | 62.4% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 72 |
| Seats2: | 8 |
| Seats After2: | 61 |
| Popular Vote2: | 38,785 |
| Percentage2: | 29.3% |
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1968. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.[1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 82,538 (62.4%) | 33 (80.5%) | 11 | 91 (59.9%) | ||||||
| Labour Party | 38,785 (29.3%) | 8 (19.5%) | 11 | 61 (40.1%) | ||||||
| Liberal Party | 9,465 (7.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||||||
| Communist Party | 1,175 (0.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||||||
| Union Movement | 183 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||||||
| Independent | 63 (0.01%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||||||
| 61 | 91 |