| Whip prohibition reversed by future RS majority | Rules of Procedure amendment by simple RS majority | Moderate (10–15 years) | Federal voting culture develops during the window; reversal becomes politically costly even without constitutional mandate |
| 5% zone threshold gamed through pre-election alliances | Parties form nominal alliances satisfying threshold but lacking governing coherence | Moderate | Anti-defection rules create friction; constructive no-confidence prevents opportunistic collapse without coherent alternative |
| OBC Development Dividend gamed by inflated HDI data | States publish false OBC HDI improvements | Low | NITI Aayog independently conducts five-yearly OBC HDR; states do not self-report |
| Council of States double majority used to block legitimate national policy | Small-state coalition achieves 60% state-count majority to veto policy against larger-state interests | Low–moderate | 40% population requirement simultaneously prevents pure small-state domination; both conditions must be met |
| Phase 0 Finance Commission provision repealed by next government | Simple parliamentary majority reverses fiscal guarantee | Moderate (long-term) | Political cost: any government that repeals fiscal protection for states that lost seat share faces those states' electoral consequences; self-interest maintains the provision |