Provided is an electromagnetic relay reduced in size and offering a large degree of freedom in designing. For this purpose, after a predetermined time has elapsed from when an arc has occurred between contact points, either between a movable contact point (86a) and a fixed contact point (21a) or between a movable contact point (86b) and a fixed contact point (22a) at least, an arc (111) that has arisen between the movable contact point (86a) and the fixed contact point (21a) is pulled by a magnetic field generation means (35) to be longer than an arc (112) that has arisen between the movable contact point (86b) and the fixed contact point (22a).
