A relay enabling a reduction in the number of parts and assembling man-hours, easily assemblable, and enabling a reduction in the variation of operating characteristics. A permanent magnet (79) is disposed between a pair of electromagnet parts formed by wrapping coils (71 and 73) around the body parts (61a and 65a) of spools (61 and 65) having flange parts (62 and 63) and (66 and 67) formed integrally with the upper and lower end parts thereof. A magnetic circuit is formed of a yoke (75) installed across the spools (61 and 65) and the permanent magnet (79). Furthermore, the permanent magnet (79) is held by the upper and lower flange parts (62 and 63) and (66 and 67) of the pair of spools (61 and 65) disposed parallel with each other.