Note that it is a common tactic of political parties to send their leader to a safe constituency for parliamentary elections.

This is **not** a coastal riding and is apparently [120km away from the Calais Jungle](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/H%C3%A9nin-Beaumont,+France/50.968611,1.905833/@50.6930447,1.7443987,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m5!1m1!1s0x47dd33143e8095ab:0xf539fc766a47c36e!2m2!1d2.94728!2d50.420087!1m0!3e1?hl=en&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D).  

#### So, if the camp runs from 2015 to 2016 and she gets elected in 2017... 

**She already ran there in 2012, [cuz best score in presidentials][1].**

> In the 2012 election, Le Pen, now leader of the FN, stood in Pas-de-Calais' 11th constituency, which now contained Henin-Beaumont following redistricting, where she had got her best results in the presidential election

In 2012, one opponent was our dear Melenchon, so it's probably a high dissatisfaction area (see the 2007 note). 



So, she already had it as her safe haven before the Calais crossings became a large-scale thing.

**In fact she ran there in 2007 as well** 

Wiki gives another reason for picking that riding:

> In the 2007 election, Le Pen and her substitute Steeve Briois[clarification needed] stood for the FN in the Pas-de-Calais' 14th constituency, Hénin-Beaumont, **a former coal mining area with high unemployment. Le Pen expressed the view that due to unemployment, offshoring and insecurity, the constituency symbolised the major problems of France.** Le Pen's campaign committee was led by Daniel Janssens, who had previously served for 24 years as the socialist deputy mayor of Leforest.

Don't get me wrong.  I am sure the camps don't hurt her voting prospects.  But she picked that riding *before* the camps and the crossings became an issue.


  [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Le_Pen#H%C3%A9nin-Beaumont_in_2012