A planographic printing plate precursor comprising an aluminum support, an image recording layer provided at the printing surface side of the support, which includes an infrared absorbent, a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound, and a polymer compound having a particle shape; the planographic printing plate precursor optionally having an undercoat layer between the image recording layer and the support; the planographic printing plate precursor optionally having a protective layer on the image recording layer, wherein the Bekk smoothness A (sec) of the outermost layer surface at the printing surface side is A ≤ 1,000; characterized in that if the planographic printing plate precursor has a protective layer on top of the image recording layer, the image recording layer or the protective layer includes particles having a modulus of elasticity of ≥ 0.7 GPa, and if the protective layer is not present, the image recoding layer includes particles having a modulus of elasticity of ≥ 0.7 GPa, and in that the polymer compound having a particle shape contained in the image recording layer are a crosslinked polymer particle or a polymer compound including styrene and/or acrylonitrile as a constitutional unit; wherein the modulus of elasticity is determined by pushing and measuring a plane indenter of 50mm × 50mm with a load of 1 mN/2 sec using a hardness tester PICODENTOR HM 500 manufactured by FISCHER INSTRUMENTS K.K. and fitting the obtained load displacement curve to the following contact equation of a flat plate and a sphere: E 1: modulus of elasticity of sphere δ: displacement R 0: particle radius v 1: Poisson's ratio of sphere P: load; and wherein the Bekk smoothness is determined in accordance with JIS P8119. an aluminum support, an image recording layer provided at the printing surface side of the support, which includes an infrared absorbent, a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound, and a polymer compound having a particle shape; the planographic printing plate precursor optionally having an undercoat layer between the image recording layer and the support; the planographic printing plate precursor optionally having a protective layer on the image recording layer, wherein the Bekk smoothness A (sec) of the outermost layer surface at the printing surface side is A ≤ 1,000; characterized in that if the planographic printing plate precursor has a protective layer on top of the image recording layer, the image recording layer or the protective layer includes particles having a modulus of elasticity of ≥ 0.7 GPa, and if the protective layer is not present, the image recoding layer includes particles having a modulus of elasticity of ≥ 0.7 GPa, and in that the polymer compound having a particle shape contained in the image recording layer are a crosslinked polymer particle or a polymer compound including styrene and/or acrylonitrile as a constitutional unit; wherein the modulus of elasticity is determined by pushing and measuring a plane indenter of 50mm × 50mm with a load of 1 mN/2 sec using a hardness tester PICODENTOR HM 500 manufactured by FISCHER INSTRUMENTS K.K. and fitting the obtained load displacement curve to the following contact equation of a flat plate and a sphere: E 1: modulus of elasticity of sphere δ: displacement R 0: particle radius v 1: Poisson's ratio of sphere P: load; E 1: modulus of elasticity of sphere δ: displacement R 0: particle radius v 1: Poisson's ratio of sphere P: load; and wherein the Bekk smoothness is determined in accordance with JIS P8119.