EXHIBIT (17)(b)

FORM OF PROXY CARD

PROXY TABULATOR
P.O. BOX 859232
BRAINTREE, MA 02185-9232

EVERY SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT
*** 3 EASY WAYS TO VOTE YOUR PROXIES ***

VOTE BY PHONE		VOTE ON THE INTERNET		VOTE BY MAIL
1) Read the Proxy Statement and have this card		1) Read the Proxy Statement and have this card		1) Read the Proxy Statement
at hand		at hand		2) Check the appropriate boxes on this proxy
2) Call 1-800-[	]	2) Go to www.[	]	card
3) Enter control number shown on this proxy		3) Enter control number shown on this proxy		3) Sign and date this proxy card
card and follow the simple instructions		card and follow the on-screen instructions		4) Mail your completed proxy card in the
4) Keep this card for your records		4) Keep this card for your records		enclosed envelope

Eaton Vance National Municipal Income Trust

     SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

March 27, 2008

PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The undersigned holder of shares of beneficial interest of the above-referenced Fund (the “Fund”), hereby appoints CYNTHIA J. CLEMSON, BARBARA E. CAMPBELL, MAUREEN A. GEMMA and KRISTIN S. ANAGNOST, and each of them, with full power of substitution and revocation, as proxies to represent the undersigned at the Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund to be held at the principal office of the Fund, The Eaton Vance Building, Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, on Friday, March 27, 2009 at 1:30 P.M., Eastern Standard Time, and at any and all adjournments thereof, and to vote all shares of beneficial interest of the Fund which the undersigned would be entitled to vote, with all powers the undersigned would possess if personally present, in accordance with the instructions on this proxy.

Dated:  __________________

PLEASE VOTE, DATE, SIGN AND PROMPTLY RETURN IN THE ACCOMPANYING ENVELOPE.

NO POSTAGE REQUIRED IF MAILED IN THE U.S.

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Signature(s)

Note: Please sign this proxy as your name appears on the books of the Fund. Joint owners should each sign personally. Trustees and other fiduciaries should indicate the capacity in which they sign, and where more than one name appears, a majority must sign. If a corporation, this signature should be that of an authorized officer who should state his or her title.

WHEN THIS PROXY IS PROPERLY EXECUTED, THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY WILL BE VOTED AS SPECIFIED. IF NO SPECIFICATION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE PROPOSALS SET FORTH BELOW AND IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES WITH RESPECT TO ALL OTHER MATTERS WHICH MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE SPECIAL MEETING AND ANY ADJOURNMENTS THEREOF. THE UNDERSIGNED ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF THE ACCOMPANYING NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING AND PROXY STATEMENT.

Please fill in box(es) as shown using black or blue ink or number 2 pencil. PLEASE DO NOT USE FINE POINT PENS. [ X ]

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE FOLLOWING:

		FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN
1.	To approve the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between Eaton Vance
	National Municipal Income Trust (the “Acquired Fund”) and Eaton Vance	[    ]	[    ]	[    ]
	Municipal Income Trust, the termination of the Acquired Fund’s registration
	under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the dissolution of
	the Acquired Fund under applicable state law, as described in the accompanying
	proxy statement/prospectus.

NOTE ADDRESS CHANGE:_______________________________

                                      ___________________________

                                      ___________________________

PLEASE SIGN ON REVERSE SIDE

FORM OF PROXY CARD

PROXY TABULATOR
P.O. BOX 859232
BRAINTREE, MA 02185-9232

EVERY SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT
*** 3 EASY WAYS TO VOTE YOUR PROXIES ***

VOTE BY PHONE		VOTE ON THE INTERNET		VOTE BY MAIL
1) Read the Proxy Statement and have this card		1) Read the Proxy Statement and have this card		1) Read the Proxy Statement
at hand		at hand		2) Check the appropriate boxes on this proxy
2) Call 1-800-[	]	2) Go to www.[	]	card
3) Enter control number shown on this proxy		3) Enter control number shown on this proxy		3) Sign and date this proxy card
card and follow the simple instructions		card and follow the on-screen instructions		4) Mail your completed proxy card in the
4) Keep this card for your records		4) Keep this card for your records		enclosed envelope

Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust

SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

March 27, 2009

PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The undersigned holder of shares of beneficial interest of the above-referenced Fund (the “Fund”), hereby appoints ROBERT B. MACINTOSH, BARBARA E. CAMPBELL, MAUREEN A. GEMMA and KRISTIN S. ANAGNOST, and each of them, with full power of substitution and revocation, as proxies to represent the undersigned at the Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund to be held at the principal office of the Fund, Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, on Friday, March 27, 2009 at 1:30 P.M., Eastern Standard Time, and at any and all adjournments thereof, and to vote all shares of beneficial interest of the Fund which the undersigned would be entitled to vote, with all powers the undersigned would possess if personally present, in accordance with the instructions on this proxy.

Dated: __________________

PLEASE VOTE, DATE, SIGN AND PROMPTLY RETURN IN THE ACCOMPANYING ENVELOPE.

NO POSTAGE REQUIRED IF MAILED IN THE U.S.

_______________________________________________
Signature(s)

Note: Please sign this proxy as your name appears on the books of the Fund. Joint owners should each sign personally. Trustees and other fiduciaries should indicate the capacity in which they sign, and where more than one name appears, a majority must sign. If a corporation, this signature should be that of an authorized officer who should state his or her title.

WHEN THIS PROXY IS PROPERLY EXECUTED, THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY WILL BE VOTED AS SPECIFIED. IF NO SPECIFICATION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE PROPOSALS SET FORTH BELOW AND IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES WITH RESPECT TO ALL OTHER MATTERS WHICH MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE SPECIAL MEETING AND ANY ADJOURNMENTS THEREOF. THE UNDERSIGNED ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF THE ACCOMPANYING NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING AND PROXY STATEMENT.

Please fill in box(es) as shown using black or blue ink or number 2 pencil. PLEASE DO NOT USE FINE POINT PENS. [ X ]

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE FOLLOWING:

		FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN
1.	To approve the issuance of additional common shares of Eaton Vance Municipal
	Income Trust in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization	[    ]	[    ]	[    ]
	between Eaton Vance National Municipal Income Trust and Eaton Vance
	Municipal Income Trust.

NOTE ADDRESS CHANGE: _______________________________

                                      ___________________________

                                      ___________________________

PLEASE SIGN ON REVERSE SIDE