A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixels at intersections of a plurality of row lines and a plurality of column lines, wherein each pixel includes a switching transistor, and pixel and common electrodes that induce an in-plane electric field; a plurality of gate lines each connected to the pixels on each row line; a plurality of data lines each connected to the pixels on each column line; and a plurality of common lines each connected to the common electrodes of the pixels alternately located on neighboring two row lines per one column line.