Even with support partner ACT retaining its sole seat, the existing National minority government were short of the 61 seats needed to govern, having reached 56 seats, and Bill English declared that the arrangement would not be continued.
即使有支持合作夥伴ACT保留其唯一的席位，現有的少數民族政府也沒有61個席位需要治理，達到了56個席位，比爾·英格利希宣布這個安排將不會繼續。