In the given HTML code, you have given selected=”selected” for the “No” option. You need to give that in “Yes” option as follows.
<div class="col-sm-6 col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-6">
<label for="headoffice" class="col-sm-6 col-xs-7 col-md-4 col-lg-4 control-label">Head Office Member<sup class="text-red">*</sup></label>
<div class="col-sm-6 col-xs-12 col-md-8 col-lg-8">
<select class="multi-select" id="headoffice" name="headoffice" data-placeholder="Head Office Member">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="No" >No</option>
<option value="Yes" selected="selected">Yes</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
solved setting default value for option in html [closed]