The present invention provides a liquid crystal display element which has high transmittance and excellent high-speed response in vertically aligned liquid crystal displays, such as PVA or MVA, and parallel aligned liquid crystal displays, such as IPS, FFS, or TN mode displays, by suppressing an increase in driving voltage, suppressing a decrease in birefringence, improving transmittance, and improving fall time in a liquid crystal. The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing said liquid crystal display element. Provided is a liquid crystal display element, wherein a liquidcrystal composition sandwiched between two transparent substrates-at least one of which has an electrode-contains a polymer or a copolymer, the content of the polymer or the copolymer is at least 0.5mass% and less than 40 mass% of the combined mass of the liquid crystal composition and the polymer or copolymer, the polymer or the copolymer forms a polymer network, and the polymer network has uniaxial refractive index anisotropy or an easy-alignment axis, and two or more different alignment states.