A liquid crystal display panel includes an array substrate, a counter-substrate, a liquid crystal layer which is held between the array substrate and the counter-substrate and contains liquid crystal molecules whose alignment state is to be transitioned to a bend alignment for enabling a display operation, a retardation plate which is disposed at least on the counter-substrate, and a polarizer which is disposed on the retardation plate. The array substrate and counter-substrate include a pair of electrodes which are covered with alignment films, respectively, and are opposed to each other to define a rectangular display area, and the polarizer has an absorption axis which is substantially parallel or substantially perpendicular to each of the sides of the display area.