A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal layer between first and second base plates. The first and second scan lines along a first direction are disposed adjacently above the first base plate. A first region defined by the first and second data/scan lines includes the first and second sub-pixel regions. The first sub-pixel region includes a first TFT (connected to the first scan line and the first data line) and a first electrode electrically connected to the first TFT. A first common electrode disposed above the first base plate includes the first and second portions connected to each other. The first portion corresponds to the first sub-pixel region and is adjacent to the first data line, and the second portion corresponds to the second sub-pixel region and is adjacent to the first data line, wherein a width of the first portion in the first direction is greater than a width of the second portion in the first direction.