Securities Act of 1933 Registration No. 002-69972

Investment Company Act of 1940 Registration No. 811-03114

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 x

o Pre-Effective Amendment No.  ______

x Post-Effective Amendment No.  145

and

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 x

x Amendment No.  145

Fidelity Select Portfolios

 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number: 617-563-7000

William C. Coffey, Secretary

245 Summer Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

xThis Post-Effective Amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment is to designate a new effective date, November 30, 2018, for the Post-Effective Amendment previously filed on September 26, 2018, for the fund(s).

The Prospectus(es) and Statement(s) of Additional Information (SAI) for the fund(s) are identical to those filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 140, the Part C is identical to the Part C filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 142, and the Prospectus(es), SAI(s), and Part C are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference to those previously filed Post-Effective Amendments.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for the effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 145 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 23rd day of November 2018.

	Fidelity Select Portfolios
	By	/s/Stacie M. Smith
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||		Stacie M. Smith, President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

(Signature)		(Title)	(Date)
/s/Stacie M. Smith		President and Treasurer	November 23, 2018
Stacie M. Smith		(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/John J. Burke III		Chief Financial Officer	November 23, 2018
John J. Burke III		(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/James C. Curvey	*	Trustee	November 23, 2018
James C. Curvey
/s/Dennis J. Dirks	*	Trustee	November 23, 2018
Dennis J. Dirks
/s/Donald F. Donahue	*	Trustee	November 23, 2018
Donald F. Donahue
/s/Alan J. Lacy	*	Trustee	November 23, 2018
Alan J. Lacy
/s/Ned C. Lautenbach	*	Trustee	November 23, 2018
Ned C. Lautenbach
/s/Joseph Mauriello	*	Trustee	November 23, 2018
Joseph Mauriello
/s/Charles S. Morrison	*	Trustee	November 23, 2018
Charles S. Morrison
/s/Cornelia M. Small	*	Trustee	November 23, 2018
Cornelia M. Small
/s/Garnett A. Smith	*	Trustee	November 23, 2018
Garnett A. Smith
/s/David M. Thomas	*	Trustee	November 23, 2018
David M. Thomas
/s/Michael E. Wiley	*	Trustee	November 23, 2018
Michael E. Wiley

*	By:	/s/Megan C. Johnson
		Megan C. Johnson, pursuant to powers of attorney dated March 2, 2018 and filed herewith.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned Directors or Trustees, as the case may be, of the following investment companies:

Fidelity Advisor Series I Fidelity Advisor Series VII Fidelity Advisor Series VIII Fidelity Beacon Street Trust Fidelity Capital Trust Fidelity Central Investment Portfolios LLC Fidelity Commonwealth Trust Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II Fidelity Concord Street Trust Fidelity Congress Street Fund Fidelity Contrafund Fidelity Covington Trust Fidelity Destiny Portfolios Fidelity Devonshire Trust Fidelity Exchange Fund Fidelity Financial Trust Fidelity Hanover Street Trust Fidelity Hastings Street Trust Fidelity Investment Trust Fidelity Magellan Fund Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust Fidelity Puritan Trust Fidelity Securities Fund Fidelity Select Portfolios Fidelity Summer Street Trust Fidelity Trend Fund Variable Insurance Products Fund Variable Insurance Products Fund II Variable Insurance Products Fund III Variable Insurance Products Fund IV

in addition to any other investment company for which Fidelity Management & Research Company (“FMR”) or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and for which the undersigned individuals serve as Directors or Trustees (collectively, the “Funds”), hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney we have given to sign and otherwise act in our names and behalf in matters involving any investment company for which FMR or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and hereby constitute and appoint Thomas C. Bogle, John V. O’Hanlon, Robert W. Helm, Megan C. Johnson, and Anthony H. Zacharski, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for us and in our names in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, or any successors thereto, any and all subsequent Amendments, Pre-Effective Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements or any successors thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys–in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  We hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This power of attorney is effective for all documents filed on or after March 2, 2018.

WITNESS our hands on this second day of March 2018.

/s/ James C. Curvey	/s/ Joseph Mauriello
James C. Curvey	Joseph Mauriello
/s/ Dennis J. Dirks	/s/ Charles S. Morrison
Dennis J. Dirks	Charles S. Morrison
/s/ Donald F. Donahue	/s/ Cornelia M. Small
Donald F. Donahue	Cornelia M. Small
/s/ Alan J. Lacy	/s/ Garnett A. Smith
Alan J. Lacy	Garnett A. Smith
/s/ Ned C. Lautenbach	/s/ David M. Thomas
Ned C. Lautenbach	David M. Thomas

POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, the undersigned Director or Trustee, as the case may be, of the following investment companies:

Fidelity Advisor Series I Fidelity Advisor Series VII Fidelity Beacon Street Trust Fidelity Capital Trust Fidelity Central Investment Portfolios LLC Fidelity Commonwealth Trust Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II Fidelity Congress Street Fund Fidelity Contrafund Fidelity Covington Trust Fidelity Destiny Portfolios Fidelity Devonshire Trust Fidelity Exchange Fund Fidelity Financial Trust Fidelity Hanover Street Trust Fidelity Hastings Street Trust Fidelity Magellan Fund Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust Fidelity Select Portfolios Fidelity Summer Street Trust Fidelity Trend Fund Variable Insurance Products Fund II Variable Insurance Products Fund III Variable Insurance Products Fund IV

in addition to any other investment company for which Fidelity Management & Research Company (“FMR”) or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and for which the undersigned individual serves as Director or Trustee (collectively, the “Funds”), hereby revokes all previous powers of attorney I have given to sign and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving any investment company for which FMR or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and hereby constitute and appoint Thomas C. Bogle, John V. O’Hanlon, Robert W. Helm, Megan C. Johnson, and Anthony H. Zacharski, each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, or any successors thereto, any and all subsequent Amendments, Pre-Effective Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements or any successors thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys–in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This power of attorney is effective for all documents filed on or after March 2, 2018.

WITNESS our hands on this second day of March 2018.

/s/ Michael E. Wiley    

Michael E. Wiley