<p>A conductive paste having an excellent conductivity and an excellent conductive connection reliability contains a binder containing a thermosetting resin, and conductive particles. The lowest heat generation peak temperature T<SUB>1</SUB> (degrees C) among at least one heat generation peak obtained by a differential scanning calorie measurement of the binder and the lowest heat absorption peak temperature t<SUB>1</SUB> (degrees C) among at least one heat absorption peak obtained by the differential scanning calorie measurement of the conductive particles satisfy the following relationship: t<SUB>1</SUB> - 20 < T<SUB>1</SUB> ...(1).</p>
