I believe you are asking how to maintain the value for a dropdown list after a form is submitted and re-displayed. If so, please see below for a VERY SIMPLE example.
I just wanted to add the BigJoe714 has it right except the ...new SelectList(listItems, "Value", "Key", selectedItem) has the key / value switched.
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