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CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NSAR-A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20081031
FILED AS OF DATE:		20081223
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20081223
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20081223

FILER:

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NSAR-A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-07626
		FILM NUMBER:		081266323

	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
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SIGNATURE   JANET C. SMITH
TITLE       PRINC. ACCT. OFFICER

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May 8, 2008 annual meeting
At the meeting, each of the nominees for Trustees was elected, as
follows:
Common shares
            Votes for 	Votes withheld	 Abstentions Broker non votes
Jameson A. Baxter 	36,406,224 	 3,236,302 	11,368
Charles B. Curtis 	36,414,538 	 3,227,988 	11,368
Robert J. Darretta 	36,436,198 	 3,206,328 	11,368
Myra R. Drucker 	36,425,056 	 3,217,470 	11,368
Charles E. Haldeman, Jr. 	36,428,458 3,214,068 	11,368
Paul L. Joskow 		36,431,319 	 3,211,207 	11,368
Elizabeth T. Kennan 	36,400,792 	 3,241,734 	11,368
Kenneth R. Leibler 	36,433,737 	 3,208,789 	11,368
George Putnam, III 	36,414,481 	 3,228,045 	11,368
Richard B. Worley 	36,427,595 	 3,214,931 	11,368

Preferred shares
	     Votes for Votes withheld Abstentions Broker non votes
John A. Hill 		13,932 		1,409
Robert E. Patterson 	13,933 		1,404


All tabulations rounded to the nearest whole number
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Note 8: New accounting pronouncement
In March 2008, Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities (SFAS 161) an
amendment of FASB Statement No. 133, was issued and
is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15,
2008. SFAS 161 requires enhanced disclosures about
how and why an entity uses derivative instruments and
how derivative instruments affect an entitys financial
position. Putnam Management is currently evaluating
the impact the adoption of SFAS 161 will have on the
funds financial statement disclosures.
In September 2008, FASB Staff Position FAS 133-1 and
FIN 45-4, Disclosures about Credit Derivatives and Certain
Guarantees: An Amendment of FASB Statement No. 133
and FASB Interpretation No. 45; and Clarification of the
Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 161 (Amendment)
was issued and is effective for annual and interim
reporting periods ending after November 15, 2008. The
Amendment requires enhanced disclosures regarding
a funds credit derivatives holdings and hybrid financial
instruments containing embedded credit derivatives.
Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption
of the Amendment will have on the funds financial
statement disclosures.
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Item 85B

Additional Information About Errors and Omissions Policy

While no claims with respect to the Registrant/Series were filed
under such policy during the period, requests under such policy
for reimbursement of legal expenses and costs arising out of
claims of market timing activity in the Putnam Funds have been
submitted by the investment manager of the Registrant/Series.

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