In a display apparatus, after sampling switches turn on and a voltage signal to be held in a driving circuit is transmitted to a plurality of data lines and subsequently the sampling switches turn off, a selected scanning line supplies a control signal to the driving circuits along the selected scanning line, thereby causing the driving circuits to hold the voltage signal, and the plurality of scanning lines supply a control signal to the driving circuits simultaneously, and thereafter the sampling switches turn on and the voltage signal which is to cause the driving circuit to drive the display element is transmitted to the data lines thereby causing the driving circuits along the plurality of scanning lines to drive the display element simultaneously.