You will not be able to achieve this SELECT DROPDOWN style, with standard HTML form elements, you would have to 'substitute' the dropdown / select with DIV non form elements, then update the selected value to either a hidden form element or a hidden select dropdown.
As @jakub mentionned, you won't be able to style your select dropdown using and tags.
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