A resistance welding method for carrying out resistance welding with respect to a stacked body (48a; 216) formed by stacking a plurality of workpieces (50a, 52a, 54a; 218, 220, 222), comprising the steps of: sandwiching the stacked body (48a; 216) between a first welding tip (38; 210) and a second welding tip (32; 212), while bringing a pressing member into abutment against an outermost workpiece (54a; 222), which is positioned on an outermost portion of the stacked body (48a; 216) and against which the first welding tip (38; 210) is in abutment, the stacked body (48a; 216) being pressed from a side of the outermost workpiece (54a; 222) by the pressing member ; and conducting an electric current between the first welding tip (38; 210) and the second welding tip (32; 212) while maintaining a pressure by the pressing member characterized in that , the pressing member comprises an auxiliary electrode (68a, 68b; 214) having a polarity opposite to that of the first welding tip (38; 210), such that when electric current is conducted between the first welding tip (38; 210) and the second welding tip (32; 212), a branching current is made to flow either from the first welding tip (38; 210) to the auxiliary electrode (68a, 68b; 214), or from the auxiliary electrode (68a, 68b; 214) to the first welding tip (38; 210); and another auxiliary electrode , which has a polarity opposite to that of the second welding tip (32; 212), is brought into abutment against the stacked body (48a; 216) on a side of the second welding tip (32; 212), such that after either one of the branching current that flows from the first welding tip (38; 210) to the auxiliary electrode (68a, 68b; 214) or the branching current that flows from the auxiliary electrode (68a, 68b; 214) to the first welding tip (38; 210) has vanished, a branching current flows either from the other auxiliary electrode to the second welding tip (32; 212), or from the second welding tip (32; 212) to the other auxiliary electrode . sandwiching the stacked body (48a; 216) between a first welding tip (38; 210) and a second welding tip (32; 212), while bringing a pressing member into abutment against an outermost workpiece (54a; 222), which is positioned on an outermost portion of the stacked body (48a; 216) and against which the first welding tip (38; 210) is in abutment, the stacked body (48a; 216) being pressed from a side of the outermost workpiece (54a; 222) by the pressing member ; and conducting an electric current between the first welding tip (38; 210) and the second welding tip (32; 212) while maintaining a pressure by the pressing member characterized in that , the pressing member comprises an auxiliary electrode (68a, 68b; 214) having a polarity opposite to that of the first welding tip (38; 210), such that when electric current is conducted between the first welding tip (38; 210) and the second welding tip (32; 212), a branching current is made to flow either from the first welding tip (38; 210) to the auxiliary electrode (68a, 68b; 214), or from the auxiliary electrode (68a, 68b; 214) to the first welding tip (38; 210); and another auxiliary electrode , which has a polarity opposite to that of the second welding tip (32; 212), is brought into abutment against the stacked body (48a; 216) on a side of the second welding tip (32; 212), such that after either one of the branching current that flows from the first welding tip (38; 210) to the auxiliary electrode (68a, 68b; 214) or the branching current that flows from the auxiliary electrode (68a, 68b; 214) to the first welding tip (38; 210) has vanished, a branching current flows either from the other auxiliary electrode to the second welding tip (32; 212), or from the second welding tip (32; 212) to the other auxiliary electrode . <EOS>