Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display element including the same

A liquid crystal display element which comprises an inverted-staggered type thin-film transistor, and which comprises a liquid crystal composition having a negative dielectric anisotropy, the liquid crystal composition comprising:

• 2% to 25% by mass of one or more compounds selected from compounds represented by General Formula (I):
• wherein R11 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and R22 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom;
• 3% to 25% by mass of one or more compounds selected from compounds represented by General Formula (II):
• wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms and R2 represents an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms;
• 5% to 25% by mass of a compound represented by Formula (IIIb-1):
• and
• 19% by mass or less of at least one compound selected from compounds represented by General Formula (IV):
• wherein R5 represent an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and R6 represent an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms,
• 15% to 19% by mass of a compound represented by Formula (VI-a3),
• and
• at least one compound selected from the group consisting of Formula (VI-c5) to (VI-c8)
• 10% by mass or more of one or more compounds selected from a compound represented by General Formula (IIIa):
• wherein R3a and R4a each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms,
• 4.5% to 8% by mass of a compound represented by Formula (VI-a4):
• and
• at least one compounds selected from a compound represented by General Formula (V-5):
• wherein R7 and R8 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, one or more hydrogen atoms of the alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkoxy group or alkenyloxy group may optionally be replaced by a fluorine atom, a methylene group of the alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkoxy group or alkenyloxy group may optionally be replaced by an oxygen atom so that oxygen atoms are not directly bonded to each other or may alternatively be replaced by a carbonyl group so that carbonyl groups are not directly bonded to each other,
• wherein the liquid crystal composition does not include a compound including a cyclohexenylene ring.