An organic EL element of the present invention comprises a substrate, an electrode layer, an organic layer, and an electrode layer, whereas the organic layer 3 contains a vinyl polymer obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable monomer containing a compound represented by formula (1) or (2): ##STR00001## wherein each of L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 is a bivalent group; each of X.sup.1, X.sup.2, X.sup.3, X.sup.4, X.sup.5, and X.sup.6 is alkyl group or the like; each of a and e is 0 or 1; each of b, f, g, and h is an integer of 0 to 3; c is an integer of 0 to 2; and d is an integer of 0 to 4.