PURPOSE: An electrical connector for authentically fixing the contact on a housing is provided to exclude clearance between a contact and a housing by elastic force of a contact spring unit. CONSTITUTION: A housing holding and fitting unit(181a) is fitted to a contact(110). A housing holding unit(183) fixes the contact. A contact holding unit(150) is fixed by the housing holding unit. A contact spring unit(140) is formed in the contact engagement unit and contact hanging unit.