Well actually your only need $.each to get all values, it will help you jsfiddle.net/NdQbw/5
<div class="divright">
<select id="drp_Books_Ill_Illustrations" class="leaderMultiSelctdropdown Books_Illustrations" name="drp_Books_Ill_Illustrations" multiple="">
<option value=" ">No illustrations</option>
<option value="a" selected>Illustrations</option>
<option value="b">Maps</option>
<option value="c" selected>selectedPortraits</option>
</select>
</div>
<div class="divright">
<select id="drp_Books_Ill_Illustrations1" class=" Books_Illustrations" name="drp_Books_Ill_Illustrations" multiple="">
<option value=" ">No illustrations</option>
<option value="a">Illustrations</option>
<option value="b">Maps</option>
<option value="c">selectedPortraits</option>
</select>
</div>
<button class="getValue">Get Value</button>
<button class="setValue"> Set value </button>
<div class="divright">
<select id="drp_Books_Ill_Illustrations2" class="leaderMultiSelctdropdown Books_Illustrations" name="drp_Books_Ill_Illustrations" multiple="">
<option value=" ">No illustrations</option>
<option value="a" selected>Illustrations</option>
<option value="b">Maps</option>
<option value="c" selected>selectedPortraits</option>
</select>
</div>
<div class="divright">
<select id="drp_Books_Ill_Illustrations3" class=" Books_Illustrations" name="drp_Books_Ill_Illustrations" multiple="">
<option value=" ">No illustrations</option>
<option value="a">Illustrations</option>
<option value="b">Maps</option>
<option value="c">selectedPortraits</option>
</select>
</div>
<button class="getValue1">Get Value</button>
<button class="setValue1"> Set value </button>
The script:
var selectedValues = new Array();
selectedValues[0] = "a";
selectedValues[1] = "c";
$(".getValue").click(function() {
alert($(".leaderMultiSelctdropdown").val());
});
$(".setValue").click(function() {
$(".Books_Illustrations").val(selectedValues);
});
$('#drp_Books_Ill_Illustrations2, #drp_Books_Ill_Illustrations3').select2();
$(".getValue1").click(function() {
alert($(".leaderMultiSelctdropdown").val());
});
$(".setValue1").click(function() {
//You need a id for set values
$.each($(".Books_Illustrations"), function(){
$(this).select2('val', selectedValues);
});
});