An electric discharge lamp assembly including a lamp bulb having two lead wires, two lead support members, a lamp base supporting said two lead support members with respective tip ends of said two lead support members being connected to respective lead wires of the lamp bulb, said lamp base including an integrally formed tubular portion, an insulating tubular member, one of the lead support members having an elongated length and being substantially covered by said insulating tubular member, the rear end portion of the tubular member being fitted around and secured to said tubular portion of the lamp base, whereby electric discharge between the two support members is prevented effectively and the insulating tubular member is secured to the lamp base reliably, and a metal band wound around a pinch seal portion of said bulb and secured to said lead support member of elongated length and to a one of said lead wires associated with said pinch seal portion.