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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PUTNAM MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITIES TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000900422
		IRS NUMBER:				043187549
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

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		FORM TYPE:		N-PX
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-07626
		FILM NUMBER:		061026032

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02109
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6172921000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02109
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<B><FONT size=5 face="sans-serif">UNITED STATES</FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=5 face="sans-serif">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</FONT></B><BR>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Washington, DC 20549</FONT></B><BR>
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<B><FONT size=5 face="sans-serif">FORM N-PX</FONT></B><BR>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED</FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY</FONT></B><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Investment Company Act File Number : </FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">811-7626</FONT></B><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Name of Registrant: </FONT><B><FONT size=4 face="sans-serif">Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust</FONT></B><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Address of Principal Executive Offices:</FONT><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">One Post Office Square</FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Boston, Massachusetts 02109</FONT></B><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Name and address of agent of service:</FONT><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Beth S. Mazor, Vice President</FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust</FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">One Post Office Square</FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Boston, Massachusetts 02109</FONT></B><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Copy to:</FONT><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">John W. Gerstmayr, Esq.</FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Ropes &amp; Gray LLP</FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">One International Place</FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Boston, Massachusetts 02110</FONT></B><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Registrant's telephone number including area code:</FONT><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">(617) 292-1000</FONT></B><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Date of fiscal year end:</FONT><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">04/30</FONT></B><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">Date of Reporting Period:</FONT><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif">07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006</FONT></B><BR>
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<P align=left><FONT face=monospace size=2>Item 1. Proxy Voting
Record<BR></FONT><FONT face=monospace size=2>===================== PUTNAM
MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITIES TRUST ===================== <BR>The fund did not vote
proxies relating to portfolio securities during the period covered by this
report.<BR></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=monospace size=2>Any ballot marked 'Abstain' is
considered to have been voted. Ballots marked 'Abstain' are considered to have
been voted against management's recommendation if management's recommendation is
'For' or 'Against,' and for management's recommendation if management's
recommendation is 'Abstain.' Where management has recommended that shareholders
'Abstain' from voting on a ballot item, a ballot marked 'For' or 'Against' is
considered to have been voted against management's recommendation to
'Abstain.'</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=monospace size=2>Where management has made no
recommendation on a ballot item, 'None' is used to indicate that there is no
management recommendation that a shareholder may vote 'For' or
'Against.'</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=monospace size=2>SIGNATURES:</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=monospace size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=monospace size=2>PUTNAM MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITIES
TRUST</FONT><BR><FONT face=monospace
size=2>_______________________________________________________________________</FONT><BR><FONT
face=monospace size=2>(Registrant)</FONT><BR><FONT face=monospace size=2><BR>By
/s/ Charles E. Porter, Executive Vice President, Associate
Treasurer</FONT><BR><FONT face=monospace size=2>and Principal Executive
Officer</FONT><BR><FONT face=monospace
size=2>_______________________________________________________________________</FONT><BR><FONT
face=monospace size=2>(Signature &amp; Title)</FONT><BR><FONT face=monospace
size=2><BR>Date: August 11, 2006</FONT><BR></P>


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