An electric motor, comprising: an armature core and a commutator that are fixed to a rotation shaft; armature coils that are wound around the armature core; brushes that are brought into sliding contact with the commutator and feeds electric power; a brush holder stay that supports the brushes via brush holders and has a first surface and a second surface, which is reverse to the first surface; noise prevention elements that are electrically connected to the brushes; and a plurality of terminals and a plurality of jump wires that electrically connect between the brushes and the noise prevention elements, wherein a plurality of first connection portions which connect between the noise prevention elements and the terminals, and a plurality of second connection portions which connect between the terminals and the jump wires, are both disposed only on the first surface of the brush holder stay, characterized in that each terminal has: a seat portion that has a flat-plate-like shape and is in contact with the brush holder stay; a protrusion portion (132, 137) that is provided on the seat portion and has a top portion, a lead wire of the noise prevention element being inserted through said top portion of the protrusion portion (132, 137) and being connected to said top portion as the first connection portion on the first surface of the brush holder stay, a hold portion that is provided on the seat portion and has a top portion, the jump wire being held by the top portion of the hold portion and being connected to said top portion of the hold portion as the second connection portion on the first surface of the brush holder stay. an armature core and a commutator that are fixed to a rotation shaft; armature coils that are wound around the armature core; brushes that are brought into sliding contact with the commutator and feeds electric power; a brush holder stay that supports the brushes via brush holders and has a first surface and a second surface, which is reverse to the first surface; noise prevention elements that are electrically connected to the brushes; and a plurality of terminals and a plurality of jump wires that electrically connect between the brushes and the noise prevention elements, wherein a plurality of first connection portions which connect between the noise prevention elements and the terminals, and a plurality of second connection portions which connect between the terminals and the jump wires, are both disposed only on the first surface of the brush holder stay, characterized in that each terminal has: a seat portion that has a flat-plate-like shape and is in contact with the brush holder stay; a protrusion portion (132, 137) that is provided on the seat portion and has a top portion, a lead wire of the noise prevention element being inserted through said top portion of the protrusion portion (132, 137) and being connected to said top portion as the first connection portion on the first surface of the brush holder stay, a hold portion that is provided on the seat portion and has a top portion, the jump wire being held by the top portion of the hold portion and being connected to said top portion of the hold portion as the second connection portion on the first surface of the brush holder stay. a seat portion that has a flat-plate-like shape and is in contact with the brush holder stay; a protrusion portion (132, 137) that is provided on the seat portion and has a top portion, a lead wire of the noise prevention element being inserted through said top portion of the protrusion portion (132, 137) and being connected to said top portion as the first connection portion on the first surface of the brush holder stay, a hold portion that is provided on the seat portion and has a top portion, the jump wire being held by the top portion of the hold portion and being connected to said top portion of the hold portion as the second connection portion on the first surface of the brush holder stay.