 In the Kono North-East constituency, the SLPP had the DPC candidate S. G. M.
Fania disqualified on the ground that he was serving a 12-month jail sentence (for political crimes).However, Fania contested his disqualification and a by-election was held in which Fania defeated the SLPP candidate T. R. Beinda.The election campaign in the area was sometimes violent, with clashes between APC/DPC and SLPP supporters.