There is provided a method for producing a chemical mechanical polishing pad, the method comprising the steps of (1) producing a sheet-shaped polymer molded article and (2) irradiating the sheet-shaped polymer molded article with an electron beam within an irradiation dose of 10 to 400 kGy.A chemical mechanical polishing pad produced by the above method has advantages that it is excellent in removal rate and scratches and in-plane uniformity on a polished surface and that it shows a stable removal rate even when polishing a number of objects to be polished successively.