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HTML
<select id="periodSelect" name="periodSelect">
<option value="0" selected>Choose period</option>
<option value="9">2011, P01</option>
<option value="11">2012, P01</option>
<option value="2">011, P10</option>
<option value="1">2013, P01</option>
</select>
JavaScript
$('#periodSelect option').removeAttr('selected');
$("#periodSelect option[value='11']").attr('selected', true);