 <p>You can get the value using jQuery '.val()' function. <a href="https://api.jquery.com/val/" rel="nofollow">Jquery.fn.val()</a></p> <p>You can see how it works in the following example:</p> <p><a href="http://jsfiddle.net/uoL3s610/" rel="nofollow">http://jsfiddle.net/uoL3s610/</a></p> <pre><code>$(document).ready(function(){ $('[name="city"]').change(function(){ $('#selected_container').text($('[name="city"]').val()); }); }); </code></pre> <p>Or this example</p> <p><a href="http://jsfiddle.net/uoL3s610/1/" rel="nofollow">http://jsfiddle.net/uoL3s610/1/</a></p> <pre><code>$(document).ready(function(){ $('[name="city"]').change(function(){ $('#selected_container').text(''); $.each($('[name="city"]').val(),function(index,value){ $('#selected_container').text($('#selected_container').text() + ', ' + value) }); }); }); </code></pre>