[8][9][10][11][12][13] Han Dong-hoon, the interim President of the People Power Party (PPP), denounced the coalition as "the combination of the privileged (socialist) activists, radical supporters of Lee Jae-myung, pro-North Korean UPPs and Cho Kuk".

[10] Several pre-candidates, including Lee Rae-kyung and Cho Sung-woo, were alleged to be conspiracy theorists.

[14][15][16] On 14 February 2024, the Democratic Alliance rejected the nomination of Lim Tae-hoon, former chair and founder of the Military Human Rights Commission, for a spot on the proportional representation list.

The reason given by the Democratic Party was that Lim had been arrested in the early 2000s for evading military conscription, which is required by law for all men in South Korea.

Lim, who is openly gay, would also have been the Democratic Party's first sexual minority in a national election.