An electrophoretic display device, includes: an electrophoretic capacitor provided with an electrophoretic layer containing at least one kind of electrophoretic particle; and a ferroelectric capacitor provided with a ferroelectric layer containing a ferroelectric material. In the electrophoretic display device, the electrophoretic particle is allowed to move to conduct a display and thus a polarity of the ferroelectric layer is inverted by a current supply to the electrophoretic capacitor and the ferroelectric capacitor that are electrically connected with each other, and the display can be retained due to a remanent polarization of the ferroelectric layer even after the current supply is stopped. In the device, a formula (A) and a formula (B) are satisfied when a voltage to be applied to the ferroelectric capacitor is V.sub.f, a charge stored in the ferroelectric capacitor when the voltage V.sub.f is applied to the ferroelectric capacitor is Q.sub.f, a relative dielectric constant of the ferroelectric material is .di-elect cons..sub.f; an area of the ferroelectric layer in a planar view is S.sub.f, a thickness of the ferroelectric layer is d.sub.f, a relative dielectric constant of the electrophoretic layer is .di-elect cons..sub.EPD, an area of the electrophoretic layer in a planar view is S.sub.EPD, and a thickness of the electrophoretic layer is d.sub.EPD: .di-elect cons..sub.o.di-elect cons..sub.EPDS.sub.EPDV/d.sub.EPD>P.sub.rS.sub.f+.di-elect cons..sub.o.di-elect cons..sub.fS.sub.fE.sub.c+.di-elect cons..sub.o.di-elect cons..sub.EPDS.sub.EPD/d.sub.EPDE.sub.cd.sub.f (A), P.sub.rS.sub.f<.di-elect cons..sub.o.di-elect cons..sub.fS.sub.fE.sub.c+.di-elect cons..sub.o.di-elect cons..sub.EPDS.sub.EPD/d.sub.EPDE.sub.cd.sub.f (B).