| Next Election: | 1992 Moray District Council election |
| Previous Election: | 1984 Moray District Council election |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
| Previous Year: | 1984 |
| Flag Image: | File:Coat of arms of Moray Area Council.svg |
| Majority Seats: | 10 |
| Turnout: | 44.8% |
| Seats For Election: | All 18 seats to Moray District Council |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Party1: | Independent |
| Party2: | Scottish National Party |
| Party3: | Scottish Labour |
| Seats1: | 9 |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Percentage1: | 36.8% |
| Popular Vote1: | 9,946 |
| Percentage2: | 45.4% |
| Popular Vote2: | 12,258 |
| Percentage3: | 8.4% |
| Popular Vote3: | 2,272 |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Swing1: | 44.2% |
| Swing2: | 33.5% |
| Swing3: | 1.3% |
Elections to the Moray District Council took place on 5 May 1988, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. Each of the 18 wards elected a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.
At the 1984 election to the Moray District Council, Independents held 15 seats, many being unopposed.
| Independent | 15 | 81.0% | |
| SNP | 2 | 11.9% | |
| Labour | 1 | 7.1% |
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