Venezuelan presidential candidate Henri Falcon is calling for a new presidential election, saying that Sunday's presidential vote was marred by irregularities and lacks legitimacy.
Falcon addressed supporters before the announcement of any results from the election, in which socialist President Nicolas Maduro is seeking a second six-year term.
Falcon says his campaign collected thousands of complaints indicating ruling party activists set up so-called "Red Points" intended to pressure the poor to vote for Maduro at 86 percent of voting centers across Venezuela.
The candidate says the election "without any doubt lacks legitimacy and we categorically refuse to recognize this process."
Falcon also has harsh words for Venezuela's main opposition coalition, saying its call to boycott the election that appears to have been widely heeded played into the government's hands.
