| Election Name: | 1988 Basildon District Council election[1] [2] |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1987 Basildon District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1987 |
| Next Election: | 1990 Basildon District Council election |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
| Seats For Election: | 14 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 22 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 1988 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 20 |
| Seats1: | 8 |
| Seats After1: | 20 |
| Popular Vote1: | 18,116 |
| Percentage1: | 37.8% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 11 |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Seats After2: | 13 |
| Popular Vote2: | 19,283 |
| Percentage2: | 40.2% |
| Party3: | Social and Liberal Democrats |
| Seats Before3: | 11 |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 9 |
| Popular Vote3: | 10,531 |
| Percentage3: | 22.0% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | No overall control |
| After Election: | No overall control |
The 1988 Basildon District Council election took place on 5 May 1988 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1984. The council remained under no overall control.
|-| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 14| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 47,930| style="text-align: right;" |All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1984 election.