UNITED STATES
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549

                                FORM N-PX

            ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED
                      MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY


Investment Company Act File Number 811-04375

Name of Fund:  Merrill Lynch New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund of
               Merrill Lynch Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

Fund Address:  P.O. Box 9011
               Princeton, NJ  08543-9011

Name and address of agent for service:
     Robert C. Doll, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, Merrill Lynch New Jersey
     Municipal Bond Fund of Merrill Lynch Multi-State Municipal Series Trust,
     800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536.  Mailing address:  P.O.
     Box 9011, Princeton, NJ, 08543-9011

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (609) 282-2800

Date of fiscal year end: 07/31/2006

Date of reporting period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006


Item 1 - Proxy Voting Record -  The Fund held no voting securities during the
                                period covered by this report.
                                No records are attached.


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.


Merrill Lynch New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund of Merrill Lynch Multi-State
Municipal Series Trust


By:    /s/ Robert C. Doll, Jr.
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       Robert C. Doll, Jr.
       Chief Executive Officer
       Merrill Lynch New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund of
       Merrill Lynch Multi-State Municipal Series Trust


Date: July 20, 2006