A backlight assembly, which can provide improved display features by preventing a lamp assembly from being loosened from a lower receiving container, and a liquid crystal display apparatus including the backlight assembly. The backlight assembly includes a light guiding plate guiding incident light, a lamp assembly disposed at one or more sides of the light guiding plate, and having at least one lamp to generate light and a lamp cover enclosing the lamp, a lower receiving container having a bottom plane and sidewalls formed around the periphery of the bottom plane and receiving the lamp assembly and the light guiding plate, and at least one elastic and conductive gasket including a hot-melt adhesive agent having a melting point greater than or equal to about 60.degree. C. and interposed between the lamp cover and the lower receiving container.