A display device having a pixel section including a plurality of pixel circuits arrayed in a matrix, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of capacity lines, a plurality of signal lines, a drive circuit, and a generation circuit generating a small amplitude common voltage signal switching in level at a predetermined cycle, wherein each pixel circuit arranged at the pixel section contains a display element having a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode and a storage capacitor having a first electrode and a second electrode, the first pixel electrode of the display element, the first electrode of the storage capacitor, and one terminal of the switching element are connected, the second electrode of the storage capacitor is connected to the capacity lines arrayed in a corresponding row, and the common voltage signal is applied in a second pixel electrode of the display element.