| Country: | Western Samoa |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Election Date: | 26 February 1988 |
| Previous Election: | 1985 Western Samoan general election |
| Previous Year: | 1985 |
| Next Election: | 1991 Western Samoan general election |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
| Seats For Election: | All 47 seats in the Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 24 |
| Image1: | Tofilau Eti Alesana 1983 (cropped).jpg |
| Leader1: | Tofilau Eti Alesana |
| Party1: | Human Rights Protection Party |
| Last Election1: | 31 |
| Seats1: | 23 |
| Seat Change1: | 9 |
| Popular Vote1: | 5,017 |
| Percentage1: | 35.87% |
| Swing1: | 1.33pp |
| Leader2: | Vaʻai Kolone |
| Party2: | CDP-Kolone |
| Colour2: | DDFFDD |
| Last Election2: | – |
| Seats2: | 24 |
| Seat Change2: | New |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,300 |
| Percentage2: | 16.45% |
| Swing2: | New |
| Prime Minister | |
| Before Election: | Tofilau Eti Alesana |
| Before Party: | Human Rights Protection Party |
| After Election: | Tofilau Eti Alesana |
| After Party: | Human Rights Protection Party |
General elections were held in Western Samoa on 26 February 1988. Voting was restricted to Matai and citizens of European origin ("individual voters"), with the Matai electing 45 MPs and Europeans two.[1] Although the Human Rights Protection Party received more than double the number of votes of the Coalition of the Christian Democratic Party and the Va'ai Kolone Group, it won one fewer seat. However, on the day of the election of the Prime Minister by Parliament, one Coalition MP defected to the HRPP, allowing its leader Tofilau Eti Alesana to be elected Prime Minister.