With the having two list items selected \"Category 01\" and \"Category 03\":
You will want to use the getlist() function to get a list of values.
First, change your form as below:
<form>
<div class="form-group">
<div>
<select id="myform" name='category' multiple class="form-control"> // addition here
<option> Category 01 </option>
<option> Category 01 </option>
<option> Category 01 </option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
</form>
And in your flask function:
if request.method == 'POST':
as_dict = request.form.getlist('myform')
print request
Hope this helps!