Lucknow: For a third time in a row, Akhilesh Yadav was re-elected as Samajwadi Party president on Thursday.

General Secretary and returning officer Ram Gopal Yadav announced the unanimous election during the national convention of the party being held at Ramabai Ambedkar ground here.

Akhilesh Yadav, took over the top party post from his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, and became SP president for the first time at an emergency meeting of the party in January 2017 and for the second time at the party’s national convention in Agra in October the same year.

Reports suggest Naresh Uttam Patel was named the Uttar Pradesh President on Wednesday.