The invention discloses a bridge cable damage electric detecting device and a bridge cable damage electric detecting method. The detecting device comprises a voltage regulating module, a voltage output guide wire, a current detector, a current amplifying module, a resistance calculating module, a resistance comparing module and a damage rate calculating module; the detecting method comprises the following steps: A, generating and detecting current; B, calculating the resistance; C, comparing the resistance; and D, calculating the damage rate. The resistance value is measured and calculated electrically, the area change value is determined according to the difference value between the measured resistance value and the theoretical resistance value, the detecting principle is simple; during specific detection, the voltage is only loaded to the two ends of the cable, so that only the current on the cable is needed to be measured; the specific operation steps are simple, during the measured result treatment, the measured current is amplified through a current amplifier for calculating the size of the resistance and amplifying the current value, so that the precise current value can be obtained, the calculating errors are small, and the calculated resistance value is relatively precise.