Blue-emitting polymers based on a donor-acceptor architecture composed of oxadiazole and carbazole moieties containing various substituted groups in the same side chain were used as a host polymer in phosphorescent polymer light-emitting diodes (PhPLEDs). The polymer containing N-methylcarbazole showed a liquid-crystalline (LC) phase above its glass transition temperature but the other polymer containing N-ethylhexylcarbazole exhibited an amorphous phase. The single-layer PLEDs using these polymers exhibited blue emission with peaks from 430 to 440 nm. To examine the LC polymer (LCP) and the amorphous polymer as host materials, we fabricated simple devices using Ir(ppy)(3) and (btp)(2)lr(acac) as phosphorescent dopants at various doping concentrations. The device composed of lTO/PEDOT-PSS/2wt% of (btp)(2)Ir(acac) doped into LCP/MgAg showed intense red light (0.67, 0.32) with the luminance efficiency of 4.7 cd/A. The luminance efficiency of the PhPLEDs using the LCP was higher than that of the PhPLEDs using the amorphous polymer.