In an injection pump element 2, a communication route for communicating an injection pipe 3 connected to a fuel liquid outlet 212 and an inner peripheral surface of a plunger barrel 25 is formed by a purge passage 242 formed in a delivery valve seat 24, a purge passage 252 formed in the plunger barrel 25, and a purge port 253. When the injection pump element 2 is in a non-injection state, the plunger 26 is rotated circumferentially to such a rotational position that a purge groove 265 formed in an outer peripheral surface of the plunger 26 and a purge port 253 formed in an inner peripheral surface of the plunger barrel 25 are communicated to each other. The purge groove 265 is communicated to a fuel gallery 11 via a hole 263 and a notch 262. When the injection pump element 2 is in the non-injection state, the injection pipe 3 is communicated to the fuel gallery 11 even if the delivery valve 23 is closed.