An organic electroluminescent element comprising an organic layer which comprises a luminous layer between a first electrode and a second electrode, electrode, wherein a capping layer is laminated on an opposite surface of the first electrode with respect to the organic layer, characterized in that the capping layer comprises a tertiary amine compound represented by general formula (A-2) having a benzazole ring structure, wherein in formula (A-2), each Ar represents a single bond, a divalent group of a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, or a divalent group of a substituted or unsubstituted fused polycyclic aromatic group, wherein Ar bonded to G in the tertiary amine compound represented by the general formula (A-2) is a p-phenylene group; each of D and E represents a benzazole ring structure represented by formula (B-8); and G is a benzazole ring structure represented by formula (B-8), or a substituted or unsubstituted fused polycyclic aromatic group, and in formula (B-8), R 21 to R 26 each represent a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, a cycloalkyl group having 5 to 10 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, a linear or branched alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, a linear or branched alkyloxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, a cycloalkyloxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 5 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted fused polycyclic aromatic group, and a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic aromatic aromatic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, and one of R 21 to R 26 is a linking group bonded to Ar in formula (A-2); and L is selected from a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom, and when L is selected from an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, L does not have R 26. wherein in formula (A-2), each Ar represents a single bond, a divalent group of a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, or a divalent group of a substituted or unsubstituted fused polycyclic aromatic group, wherein Ar bonded to G in the tertiary amine compound represented by the general formula (A-2) is a p-phenylene group; each of D and E represents a benzazole ring structure represented by formula (B-8); and G is a benzazole ring structure represented by formula (B-8), or a substituted or unsubstituted fused polycyclic aromatic group, and in formula (B-8), R 21 to R 26 each represent a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, a cycloalkyl group having 5 to 10 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, a linear or branched alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, a linear or branched alkyloxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, a cycloalkyloxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 5 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted fused polycyclic aromatic group, and a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic aromatic aromatic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, and one of R 21 to R 26 is a linking group bonded to Ar in formula (A-2); and L is selected from a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom, and when L is selected from an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, L does not have R 26.