In major constitutional amendments, national tennis federation AITA has done away with the weighted voting method apart from abolishing the Life President and Life Vice President posts to become Sports Code compliant.

The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has also increased the number of joint secretaries to four from two.
The tennis body approved the changes at its Special General Body meeting, (SGM) held virtually on Monday.

"We have to follow the government guidelines and the sports code. We used to follow the ITF method of voting because they are the parent body but the government wants to bring uniformity and we are fine with that," AITA secretary general Hironmoy Chatterjee told PTI.

Following the International Tennis Federation's method of differential voting, the AITA had given the performing states more number of votes, which meant that associations like MSLTA, KSLTA and TNTA had more say when it came to elections.

In weighted voting different voters are given different weightage. Like in ITF, Grand Slam nations have more votes than other countries.

The primary reason for Anil Khanna's defeat at the ITF President's elections was weighted voting pattern. Though, he had support from many nations but it did not matter because votes of major nations like the USA, Australia, France and England had more value and he did not get those votes.

The most active Maharashtra Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA), which conducts a lot of international tournaments apart from developmental activities throughout the year, had about 20 votes in weighted voting pattern.