Provided is a
liquid crystal display element which has good transparency when no
voltage is applied thereto and has good scattering characteristics when a
voltage is applied thereto, while exhibiting
high adhesion between a
liquid crystal layer and a vertical
liquid crystal alignment film. A
liquid crystal display element wherein: a liquid
crystal layer is disposed between a pair of substrates that are provided with electrodes, said liquid
crystal layer being obtained by arranging a liquid
crystal composition that contains a liquid crystal and a polymerizable compound between the substrates and curing the liquid crystal composition by
irradiation of
ultraviolet light with use of an
ultraviolet light irradiation device; and at least one of the substrates is provided with a liquid crystal alignment film that vertically aligns liquid crystals. This
liquid crystal display element is characterized in that: the
ultraviolet light irradiation device is capable of controlling the intensity and
wavelength of ultraviolet to be irradiated and the surface temperature of the pair of substrates; the liquid crystal alignment film is obtained from a liquid crystal aligning agent containing a
polymer that has a structure represented by formula [1-1] or formula [1-2]; and the polymerizable compound contains a monofunctional
acrylate compound, a polyfunctional
acrylate compound, a monofunctional
methacrylate compound, a polyfunctional
methacrylate compound, a monofunctional
thiol compound, a polyfunctional
thiol compound, a
urethane acrylate compound and a urethane
methacrylate compound. (In formula [1-1], each of X1, X2 and X3 represents a
single bond or the like; each of X4 and X5 represents a
benzene ring or the like; n represents a number of 0-4; and X6 represents an
alkyl group having 1-18 carbon atoms, or the like.) (In formula [1-2], X7 represents a
single bond or the like; and X8 represents an
alkyl group having 8-22 carbon atoms, or the like.).