The present invention provides a light irradiation apparatus for an exposure apparatus capable of restraining electric power consumption corresponding to necessary luminous intensity and capable of performing simple control to the light source part, its lighting control method, exposure apparatus and substrate. The optical control part 76 has a plurality of lighting mode groups with different numbers of illumined light source part 73, and each lighting mode group respectively has a plurality of lighting modes A1 to D1, A2 to D3, A3 to D3 lighted up by the light source part 73 in point symmetric mode. Furthermore, the optical control part 76 controls that a preset number of light source parts 73 are lighted up at point symmetry mode according to identical lighting mode, therefore all light source parts 73 are lighted up in point symmetry mode.