Html.DropDownList selected value not working using ViewBag

Question

Well, after a couple hours reading stuff over here, trying unsuccessfully all the solutions, also found this article that i thought it would save my life... nothing.

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Answer 1

Change the name of the ViewBag property to NOT match the name of the DropDownList. Use ViewBag.yearDropDownDD instead of ViewBag.yearDropDown.

ALSO, you are creating the SelectList wrongly. You need to pass the selected value not the array item:

ViewBag.yearDropDown = new
SelectList(years, "Value", "Text", years.Where(x => x.Selected).FirstOrDefault().Value);