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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000912938-02-000031
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20011130
FILED AS OF DATE:		20020125

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MFS CHARTER INCOME TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000851170
		IRS NUMBER:				043055815
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1130

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NSAR-B
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05822
		FILM NUMBER:		02517437

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 BOYLSTON ST
		STREET 2:		15TH FLOOR
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02116
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6179545214

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 BOYLSTON STREET
		STREET 2:		15TH FLOOR
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02116

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MFS PRINCIPAL INCOME TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19890906
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SIGNATURE   MARK BRADLEY
TITLE       ASSISTANT TREASURER


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Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors

To the Trustees and Shareholders of MFS Charter Income Trust:

We have  audited the  accompanying  statement of assets and  liabilities  of MFS
Charter Income Trust (the Fund),  including the portfolio of investments,  as of
November 30, 2001,  and the related  statement of  operations  for the year then
ended,  the  statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the
period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the
period then ended. These financial  statements and financial  highlights are the
responsibility  of the Fund's  management.  Our  responsibility is to express an
opinion on these  financial  statements  and financial  highlights  based on our
audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit
to obtain  reasonable  assurance  about  whether the  financial  statements  and
financial  highlights  are free of  material  misstatement.  An  audit  includes
examining,  on a test basis,  evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial  statements  and financial  highlights.  Our  procedures  included
confirmation of securities owned as of November 30, 2001, by correspondence with
the  custodian and brokers or by other  appropriate  auditing  procedures  where
replies from brokers were not  received.  An audit also  includes  assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well
as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion,  the financial  statements and financial  highlights referred to
above present fairly, in all material  respects,  the financial  position of the
MFS Charter Income Trust at November 30, 2001, the results of its operations for
the year then ended,  the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in
the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in
the period  then ended,  in  conformity  with  accounting  principles  generally
accepted in the United States.


Boston, Massachusetts
January 4, 2002

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Results of Shareholder Meeting (Unaudited)
At the annual meeting of  shareholders  held on October 31, 2001, all items were
passed. The final results are as follows: Item 1. To elect a board of trustees.
Number of Shares
Nominee                                  For            Withhold Authority
Jeffrey L. Shames                    81,660,242.239         1,317,451.913
John W. Ballen                       81,661,368.239         1,316,325.913
Lawrence H. Cohn, M.D.               81,667,818.922         1,309,875.230
The Hon. Sir J. David Gibbons, KBE   81,579,073.086         1,398,621.066
William R. Gutow                     81,655,988.239         1,321,705.913
J. Atwood Ives                       81,645,369.239         1,332,324.913
Abby M. O'Neill                      81,579,647.174         1,398,046.978
Lawrence T. Perera                   81,628,999.191         1,348,694.961
William J. Poorvu                    81,642,207.343         1,335,486.809
Walter E. Robb III                   81,615,464.994         1,362,229.158
Arnold D. Scott                      81,684,593.195         1,293,100.957
J. Dale Sherratt                     81,679,001.845         1,298,692.307
Elaine R. Smith                      81,642,347.343         1,335,346.809
Ward Smith                           81,609,447.901         1,368,246.251
Item 2. To authorize the Trustees to adopt an Amended and Restated Declaration
of Trust.
Number of Shares
For                     61,623,008.936
Against                   1,974,520.829
Abstain                   1,331,486.400
Broker Non-votes        19,030,416.000
Item 3. To amend, or remove certain fundamental investment policies.
Number of Shares
For                    57,934,220.670
Against                  1,798,806.896
Abstain                  1,334,872.586
Broker Non-votes       21,909,794.000
Item 4. To change the trust's investment policy relating to investments in fixed
income securities from fundamental to nonfundamental.
Number of Shares
For                      57,830,559.506
Against                   1,954,735.929
Abstain                   1,282,604.717
Broker Non-votes         21,909,794.000
Item 5. To approve a new investment advisory agreement with Massachusetts
Financial Services Company.
Number of Shares
For                         80,508,426.445
Against                      1,241,846.263
Abstain                      1,227,421.444
Item 6. To ratify the selection of the independent public accountants for the
current fiscal year.
Number of Shares
For                          81,577,750.466
Against                        543,993.58
Abstain                        855,950.106

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EXHIBIT 77Q1 (a)
A copy of the Amendment to the By-Laws dated August 8, 2001 are
incorporated by reference to MFS Series Trust I (File Nos. 33-7638 and 811-4777)
Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 39 filed with the SEC via EDGAR on  December  28,
2001.

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