The present invention is a plasma display panel in which a plurality of pairs of display electrodes extending in a row direction are disposed on a surface of a first substrate and a plurality of discharge cells are formed along each pair of display electrodes, wherein, at least within each discharge cell, each display electrode of the pair of display electrodes comprises a bus line and a band-shaped electrode member that is electrically connected to the bus line, the band-shaped electrode member extending in the row direction and being disposed at least mainly on a same side of the bus line as a gap between the pair of display electrodes, and each band-shaped electrode member has at least one cut-out formed from a gap-side edge towards the bus line, each cut-out having a length that is shorter than a distance between the gap-side edge and the bus line. When the plasma display panel is driven, peaks in electric field intensity are respectively formed in the discharge cell in regions of the electrode member on both sides of the cut-outs. Here, The display electrodes can be constructed from bus lines and transparent electrodes both extending in the row direction, and the band-shaped electrode member can be a transparent electrode.