selected value of a dropdown using jquery in asp.net mvc

In jQuery easy way to get selected value is

var selectedvalues = $("#Employee").val();//provide you selected employee id

as per you code Employee  is id of the dropdownlist

Check jQuery documentation : http://api.jquery.com/val/

Here is my code,

  @Html.DropDownList("Employee", Model.EmployeeList, "Select Employee")

Hi ,

You can use

 var assign_to = $('#client_group_id').val();


client_group_id = dropdown list id