An electric saddled vehicle (1; 2001) comprising: a vehicle body frame (11; 2002); a drive wheel; a drum brake that brakes the drive wheel and has a brake drum (72; 2102); and a swing unit that is swingably supported by the vehicle body frame, wherein the swing unit includes: a drive motor (8; 2060) configured separately from the drive wheel; and a speed-reducing mechanism (19; 2110) that transmits a power from the drive motor, to the drive wheel and has a wheel drive portion, wherein if one of a left side and a right side with respect to a center of a vehicle body in a left-right direction is defined as a first side and an other is defined as a second side and if an end surface of the drive wheel on the first side is defined as a first end surface and an end surface of the drive wheel on the second side is defined as a second end surface, the drive motor and the speed-reducing mechanism are disposed on the first side, the drum brake is arranged on the second side, the wheel drive portion is arranged between the center of the vehicle body in the left-right direction and the first end surface of the drive wheel; characterized in that the brake drum of the drum brake is arranged at a position where the brake drum overlaps the second end surface of the drive wheel in a plan view, the brake drum has an opening covered with a brake panel and opened toward the vehicle body left-and-right outer sides, and a mating plane between the brake drum and the brake panel is arranged so that a distance to the second end surface of the above is shorter than a distance to a left-and-right center of the vehicle body. a vehicle body frame (11; 2002); a drive wheel; a drum brake that brakes the drive wheel and has a brake drum (72; 2102); and a swing unit that is swingably supported by the vehicle body frame, wherein the swing unit includes: a drive motor (8; 2060) configured separately from the drive wheel; and a speed-reducing mechanism (19; 2110) that transmits a power from the drive motor, to the drive wheel and has a wheel drive portion, a drive motor (8; 2060) configured separately from the drive wheel; and a speed-reducing mechanism (19; 2110) that transmits a power from the drive motor, to the drive wheel and has a wheel drive portion, wherein if one of a left side and a right side with respect to a center of a vehicle body in a left-right direction is defined as a first side and an other is defined as a second side and if an end surface of the drive wheel on the first side is defined as a first end surface and an end surface of the drive wheel on the second side is defined as a second end surface, the drive motor and the speed-reducing mechanism are disposed on the first side, the drum brake is arranged on the second side, the wheel drive portion is arranged between the center of the vehicle body in the left-right direction and the first end surface of the drive wheel; characterized in that the brake drum of the drum brake is arranged at a position where the brake drum overlaps the second end surface of the drive wheel in a plan view, the brake drum has an opening covered with a brake panel and opened toward the vehicle body left-and-right outer sides, and a mating plane between the brake drum and the brake panel is arranged so that a distance to the second end surface of the above is shorter than a distance to a left-and-right center of the vehicle body.