Disclosed is a display apparatus comprising an active matrix display section including a plurality of signal lines and scan lines, arranged in a matrix on a substrate, and a plurality of pixels and active elements arranged at intersections of the signal and scan lines, a scan line driving circuit for driving the scan lines and a signal line driving circuit for driving the signal lines. The display section has a non-rectangular shape. The active elements that make up the scan line driving circuit and/or the signal line driving circuit are formed by the same manufacturing process as that for forming the active elements in the active matrix display section. The scan line driving circuit and/or the signal line driving circuit are each a set of circuit units having the same function. These circuit units are arranged to conform to and extend around the outer circumference of the non-rectangular display section.