Sicilian vote count starts (2)

(ANSA) - Palermo, November 6 - The count of the votes cast in Sunday's elections to appoint a new governor and regional assembly in Sicily started early on Monday. The turnout was 46.76%, meaning 2,179,474 of 4,661,111 people with the right to vote in the southern region did so between 8:00 and 22:00 on Sunday, compared to 2,203,165 votes in the regional elections five years ago. The turnout was higher than in 2012 in just three provinces out of nine - Messina 51.69% (compared to 51.24% last time), Catania 51.58% (51.09%) and Palermo 46.4% (46.28%).