 Candidates seeking to run for the party presidency needed to win the endorsements of at least 3% of party members (as of 30 June 2012), or members, from at least 10 different departmental federations.Each candidate created a "ticket" with two other party members for the offices of vice-president and secretary-general of the UMP.Candidacies, including all endorsements, were due before 18 September 2012.