Mensah was elected with 27,756 votes out of 43,128 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 65.1% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Captain (rtd) F Adu Kwaku Nkrumah of the  National Democratic Congress, Shiekh Mustapha Abdulah of the Convention People's Party, Moses Owusu-Yeboah of the People's National Convention, Boachie Amankwa of the United Ghana Movement and Boniface Kojo Mensah of the National Reform Party.
Mensah was elected with 27,756 votes out of 43,128 total valid votes cast. This represented 65.1% of the total valid votes cast. He defeated Captain (rtd) F Adu Kwaku Nkrumah of the National Democratic Congress, Shiekh Mustapha Abdulah of the Convention People's Party, Moses Owusu-Yeboah of the People's National Convention, Boachie Amankwa of the United Ghana Movement and Boniface Kojo Mensah of the National Reform Party.