A conductive paste for positive electrodes of lithium-ion batteries comprising a dispersion resin, polyvinylidene fluoride, conductive carbon, a solvent, and a dehydrating agent, wherein the dehydrating agent has a boiling point or sublimation point of 200°C or less, wherein the dispersion resin comprises a polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol resin comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of the following resin (A2a) and sulfonic acid-modified polyvinyl alcohol resin (A2b), the resin (A2a) having a saponification degree of 50 to 100 mol% and being obtainable by copolymerization of a polymerizable unsaturated group-containing monomer (A2a-1) of the following Formula with another polymerizable unsaturated monomer wherein R 1, R 2, R 3, and R 4 may be the same or different, and are at least one member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbon, hydroxyl, and methylol, and at least one of R 1, R 2, R 3, and R 4 is hydroxyl, X may or may not be present, when X is present, X is a linking chain comprising one or more atoms, wherein the another polymerizable unsaturated monomer comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of fatty acid vinyl esters such as vinyl acetate; olefin monomers such as ethylene and propylene; (meth)acryloyl-containing monomers such as alkyl (meth)acrylate; allyl ethers such as allyl glycidyl ether; halogenated vinyl compounds such as vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, and vinyl fluoride; and vinyl ethers such as alkyl vinyl ethers, and wherein a proportion of the polymerizable unsaturated group-containing monomer (A2a-1) in a monomer mixture used as the starting material of the resin (A2a) is 0.01 to 20 mass%; the sulfonic acid-modified polyvinyl alcohol resin (A2b) having a saponification degree of 30 to 100 mol% and being a copolymer of a starting monomer containing 0.1 to 10 mass% of a sulfonic acid group-containing monomer, wherein the saponification degree is verified with infrared absorption spectrometry, wherein the total solids content of the dispersion resin in the solids content of the conductive paste is 20 mass% or less, wherein the total solids content of the polyvinylidene fluoride in the solids content of the conductive paste is 0.5 mass% or more and less than 30 mass%, wherein the total solids content of the conductive carbon in the solids content of the conductive paste is 50 mass% or more and less than 100 mass%, wherein the content of the solvent in the solids content of the conductive paste is 50 mass% or more and less than 100 mass%, and wherein the total solids content of the dehydrating agent in the solids content of the conductive paste is, based on the mass of polyvinylidene fluoride, 0.1 mass% or more and less than 10 mass%. wherein the dispersion resin comprises a polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol resin comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of the following resin (A2a) and sulfonic acid-modified polyvinyl alcohol resin (A2b), the resin (A2a) having a saponification degree of 50 to 100 mol% and being obtainable by copolymerization of a polymerizable unsaturated group-containing monomer (A2a-1) of the following Formula with another polymerizable unsaturated monomer wherein R 1, R 2, R 3, and R 4 may be the same or different, and are at least one member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbon, hydroxyl, and methylol, and at least one of R 1, R 2, R 3, and R 4 is hydroxyl, X may or may not be present, when X is present, X is a linking chain comprising one or more atoms, wherein the another polymerizable unsaturated monomer comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of fatty acid vinyl esters such as vinyl acetate; olefin monomers such as ethylene and propylene; (meth)acryloyl-containing monomers such as alkyl (meth)acrylate; allyl ethers such as allyl glycidyl ether; halogenated vinyl compounds such as vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, and vinyl fluoride; and vinyl ethers such as alkyl vinyl ethers, and wherein a proportion of the polymerizable unsaturated group-containing monomer (A2a-1) in a monomer mixture used as the starting material of the resin (A2a) is 0.01 to 20 mass%; the sulfonic acid-modified polyvinyl alcohol resin (A2b) having a saponification degree of 30 to 100 mol% and being a copolymer of a starting monomer containing 0.1 to 10 mass% of a sulfonic acid group-containing monomer, wherein the saponification degree is verified with infrared absorption spectrometry, wherein the total solids content of the dispersion resin in the solids content of the conductive paste is 20 mass% or less, wherein the total solids content of the polyvinylidene fluoride in the solids content of the conductive paste is 0.5 mass% or more and less than 30 mass%, wherein the total solids content of the conductive carbon in the solids content of the conductive paste is 50 mass% or more and less than 100 mass%, wherein the content of the solvent in the solids content of the conductive paste is 50 mass% or more and less than 100 mass%, and wherein the total solids content of the dehydrating agent in the solids content of the conductive paste is, based on the mass of polyvinylidene fluoride, 0.1 mass% or more and less than 10 mass%.