The present invention pertains to a
liquid crystal composition used in a
liquid crystal display element. The present invention addresses the problem of providing a
liquid crystal composition that is characterized in: that various properties of a
liquid crystal display element such as a
dielectric anisotropy, a bulk
viscosity, a nematic-phase upper limit temperature, a rotation
viscosity γ1, and a
voltage holding ratio, as well as the burn-in property of a display element are not impaired; that it is less likely that dropping marks occur at the time of manufacture; that a stable eject amount of a liquid
crystal material in an ODF step is achieved; and the suitability to a
liquid crystal display element having an excellent
solubility at a low temperature. Besides, the present invention addresses the problem of providing a
liquid crystal display element in which the liquid
crystal composition is used. The present invention pertains to a liquid
crystal composition that contains a compound expressed by an expression (I), one or more kinds of compounds expressed by a general expression (II-1), and one or more kinds of compounds expressed by a general expression (II-2), and that has a negative
dielectric anisotropy. The present invention also pertains to a liquid
crystal display element in which the liquid crystal composition is used.