<p>This electronic sphygmomanometer (100) is provided with: a cuff which is wound around the measurement site of the subject; a pressurization control unit (115) which controls, according to the drive voltage, a pump for outputting a fluid in the cuff such that the pressure in the cuff is increased at a pressurization rate target; a pressure detection unit (112) for detecting a cuff pressure signal representing the cuff pressure; a blood pressure calculating unit for calculating the blood pressure value on the basis of the pulse wave superimposed on the detected cuff pressure signal; and a target change unit (114) which variably changes the pressurization rate target in the pressurization process in which the cuff pressure is initially increased at an initial pressurization rate target and in which pressurization is then continued. The target change unit (114) variably changes the pressurization rate target such that the drive voltage measured in the pressurization process is within a voltage range corresponding to a range in which the pump is capable of output.</p>
