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HTML
<form>
<select name="sel">
<option value="1">First</option>
</select>
</form>
<div id="counter"></div>
JavaScript
var query = ":checked";
var $frm = $("form:eq(0)");
var $result = $(query, $frm);
$("#counter").text("Element count: " + $result.length);