An electric component socket in which a first electric component is housed in a first plate, a second plate is disposed to face the second electric component, a third plate is disposed at a middle position between the first and the second plates, and a plurality of electric contacts are used to electrically connect the first and second electric components, the electric contact includes: a spring part that is inserted into an insertion hole in the third plate; first and second contact parts extending from both terminals of the spring part, and inserted into insertion holes in the first and second plates to be in contact with electrodes of the first and second electric components.