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HTML
<select id="testID" multiple="multiple">
<option value="test Value1">test Value1</option>
<option value="test Value2">test Value2</option>
<option value="test Value3">test Value3</option>
<option value="test Value4">test Value4</option>
<option value="test Value5">test Value5</option>
<option value="test Value6">test Value6</option>
</select>
<input type="button" value="Get dropdown selected Value" id ="select-values">
<div id="result"></div>
JavaScript
$("#select-values").click(function () {
//$("select option:selected").text();
$('#result').text($('#testID').val());
});