A method for manufacturing an electrolytic electrode comprising: an electrode catalyst layer-forming step of forming an electrode catalyst layer containing an electrode catalyst component on each of a front and a back of a conductive electrode substrate with a plurality of holes by applying a coating solution containing a starting material for the electrode catalyst component on the front of the conductive electrode substrate being expanded mesh, a punched perforated plate, or wire netting, excluding the case where the conductive electrode substrate is a fired body obtained by firing a metal powder or metal fiber, or a metal woven fabric, and thereafter drying and firing the coating solution, wherein the conductive electrode substrate comprises at least one metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, tantalum, niobium, zirconium, hafnium, and nickel, and alloys thereof, the electrode catalyst component comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of platinum, iridium, ruthenium, palladium, osmium, and oxides thereof, characterized in that the conductive electrode substrate is preheated at least once in the electrode catalyst layer-forming step to a temperature higher than room temperature immediately before the coating solution is applied to the front of the substrate, and the temperature of the conductive electrode substrate immediately before the coating solution is applied to the front of the substrate is preset by the preheating to control an amount of the electrode catalyst component adhering to the back of the conductive electrode substrate such that the amount of the adhering electrode catalyst component is larger on the front of the conductive electrode substrate than on the back. an electrode catalyst layer-forming step of forming an electrode catalyst layer containing an electrode catalyst component on each of a front and a back of a conductive electrode substrate with a plurality of holes by applying a coating solution containing a starting material for the electrode catalyst component on the front of the conductive electrode substrate being expanded mesh, a punched perforated plate, or wire netting, excluding the case where the conductive electrode substrate is a fired body obtained by firing a metal powder or metal fiber, or a metal woven fabric, and thereafter drying and firing the coating solution, by applying a coating solution containing a starting material for the electrode catalyst component on the front of the conductive electrode substrate being expanded mesh, a punched perforated plate, or wire netting, excluding the case where the conductive electrode substrate is a fired body obtained by firing a metal powder or metal fiber, or a metal woven fabric, and thereafter drying and firing the coating solution, wherein the conductive electrode substrate comprises at least one metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, tantalum, niobium, zirconium, hafnium, and nickel, and alloys thereof, the electrode catalyst component comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of platinum, iridium, ruthenium, palladium, osmium, and oxides thereof, characterized in that the conductive electrode substrate is preheated at least once in the electrode catalyst layer-forming step to a temperature higher than room temperature immediately before the coating solution is applied to the front of the substrate, and the temperature of the conductive electrode substrate immediately before the coating solution is applied to the front of the substrate is preset by the preheating to control an amount of the electrode catalyst component adhering to the back of the conductive electrode substrate such that the amount of the adhering electrode catalyst component is larger on the front of the conductive electrode substrate than on the back.