LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER

摘要

It is an object of the present invention to achieve cost reduction or the like in a lighting device. A backlight unit 12 according to the present invention includes: LEDs 17 as a plurality of light sources; at least two LED boards 18 on which the LEDs 17 are mounted; a chassis 14 in which the at least two LED boards 18 are housed; and a connecting and retaining member 22. The at least two LED boards 18 include ones arranged adjacent to each other. The adjacent LED boards 18 are electrically connected to each other and retained on the chassis 14 by the connecting and retaining member 22.