Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a drive substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes at a pixel section as an effective pixel region; a counter substrate arranged in opposition to the drive substrate and having a counter electrode that is arranged in opposition to the plurality of pixel electrodes; a liquid crystal layer sealed between the drive substrate and the counter substrate; an alignment film formed at the pixel section and a part of or an entire peripheral section thereof on the surface at the liquid crystal layer side of the drive substrate; a protective film formed between the pixel electrode and the alignment film in at least the pixel section on the drive substrate; and a conductive film formed on the part of or the entire peripheral section of the drive substrate to come in contact with the alignment film.