Sitaram Yechury was re-elected as General Secretary of CPI(M) for a third consecutive term at party's 23rd congress meet in Kerala's Kannur on Sunday. A 17-member politburo and 85-member central committee was also inducted at meet. Yechury, who was first elected to the post in 2015, had succeeded senior party leader Prakash Karat, who held the post for 10 years.