I am using the regular html drop downlist (select) in a View. I don't want to use Html.DropdownlistFor for some reason. Now I am able to get the selected value in my Controller class. How do I assign back a selected value back to the view?
<select name='ddlLocation' id='ddlLocation'>
<option value="">All </option>
<option selected="selected" value="1">City1</option>
<option value="2">City2</option>
<optgroup label="Group">
<option value="3">City2</option>
<option value="4">City3</option>
<option value="5">City4</option>
</optgroup>
</select>