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 . <EOS>