| Election Name: | 1968 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1967 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1967 |
| Next Election: | 1969 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1969 |
| Seats For Election: | 9 of 32 seats to Sale Municipal Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 16 |
| 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: | 21 |
| Seats1: | 9 |
| Seats After1: | 24 |
| Popular Vote1: | 10,132 |
| Percentage1: | 55.1% |
| Party2: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 5 |
| Seats2: | 0 |
| Seats After2: | 5 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,983 |
| Percentage2: | 21.7% |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 6 |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Seats After3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 3,529 |
| Percentage3: | 19.2% |
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1968. One third of the councillors 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 | 10,132 (55.1%) | 2.9 | 9 (100.0%) | 3 | 24 (75.0%) | |||||
| Liberal Party | 3,983 (21.7%) | 7.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (15.6%) | ||||||
| Labour Party | 3,529 (19.2%) | 3.0 | 0 (0.0%) | 3 | 3 (9.4%) | |||||
| Independent | 530 (2.9%) | 1.4 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Communist Party | 212 (1.2%) | 0.4 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 24 |
| 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 21 |