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An Election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 7 May 1968, alongside municipal elections across Scotlands. Of the councils 68 seats, 22 were up for election. Despite receiving the most votes of any single party, the SNP won only 7 seats. Unlike in Glasgow, the Progressives and Conservatives did not run on a joint ticket. Despite that however the parties only ran competing candidates in the Gorgie-Dalry ward.
Following the election Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 34 Progressives (including the Lord Provost), 21 Labour councillors, 8 SNP councillors, 3 Conservatives, 1 Liberal, and 1 independent. Following the election the Progressive/Conservative coalition controlled the council with a majority of 6.
No election was held in the Holyrood ward, where the sitting Labour councillor died the week before the election.
Turnout was 140,987.