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The 1986 Fife Regional Council election, the fourth election to Fife Regional Council, was held on 8 May 1986 as part of the wider 1986 Scottish regional elections. The election saw Labour maintaining their control of the regions 46 seat council.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Labour | 30 |  3 | 65.2 | 46.4 | 56,383 | ||||
| Alliance | 8 | 4 | 17.4 | 18.2 | 22,075 | ||||
| Conservative | 4 |  6 | 8.7 | 12.4 | 15,063 | ||||
| SNP | 2 | 1 | 4.3 | 18.4 | 22,369 | ||||
| Communist | 1 |  0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2,210 | ||
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2,003 | ||
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 719 | ||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 671 | New | |
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