245 Summer Street

Fidelity® Investments

Boston, MA 02210

July 23, 2018

U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

RE: Fidelity Select Portfolios (the trust): File Nos. 002-69972 and 811-03114 Fidelity International Real Estate Fund Consumer Staples Portfolio Gold Portfolio Materials Portfolio Telecommunications Portfolio (the fund(s)) Post-Effective Amendment No. 139

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 8b-16 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Regulation S-T and Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (33 Act) transmitted herewith on behalf of the trust is Post-Effective Amendment No. 139 to the trust’s current effective Registration Statement on Form N-1A.  This transmission contains a conformed signature page, the manually signed original of which is maintained at the offices of the trust.

The principal purpose of this filing is to register a new class for the funds: Fidelity Advisor International Real Estate Fund: Class Z for Fidelity International Real Estate Fund, Fidelity Advisor Consumer Staples Portfolio: Class Z for Consumer Staples Portfolio, Fidelity Advisor Gold Portfolio: Class Z for Gold Portfolio, Fidelity Advisor Materials Portfolio for Materials Portfolio, and Fidelity Advisor Telecommunications Portfolio: Class Z for Telecommunications Portfolio.

This filing contains the Prospectus(es) and Statement(s) of Additional Information for the fund(s) referenced above.

Pursuant to Rule 485(a), the trust elects an effective date of September 29, 2018.  We request your comments by August 22, 2018.

Please contact Renee Cummings at (603) 721-4221 with any questions or comments regarding this filing.

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	/s/Renee Cummings
	Renee Cummings
	Legal Product Group