To provide electric scissors obtaining a torque required for cutting an object to be cut without increasing a weight thereof.

Electric scissors 1A includes: a first movable blade 2A rotatably supported by a shaft 4A serving as a fulcrum; and a second movable blade 3A; and a toggle link mechanism 7A wherein one end of the a first link 71A is rotatably connected to a blade arm 21A of the first movable blade 2A, one end of a second link 72A is rotatably connected to a blade arm 31A of the second movable blade 3A, and the other end of the first link 71A is rotatably connected to the other end of the second link 72B through a drive shaft 70A. The toggle link mechanism 7A is configured to close the first movable blade 2A and the second movable blade 3A by displacing the drive shaft 70A in a direction of opening an angle between the first link 71A and the second link 72A which are bent via the drive shaft 70A serving as a fulcrum.