Cantonale elections to renew canton general councillors were held in France on 25 September and 2 October 1988.
Abstention exploded to 50.9% in the first round and 53% in the runoff, likely due to the election being the third held that here after the presidential and legislative elections.
The right narrowly won, with 50.3% to 49.6% to the left.
There is a 10% threshold (10% of registered voters) needed to proceed to the second round.
unavailable Alain Lancelot, Les élections sous la Ve République, PUF, Paris, 1988