SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D/A (Amendment No. 31) Under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 Salomon Brothers Municipal Partners Fund II, Inc. (MPT) (Name of Issuer) Common Stock (Title of Class of Securities) 794918102 (CUSIP Number) George W. Karpus, President Karpus Management, Inc. d/b/a Karpus Investment Management 183 Sully?s Trail Pittsford, New York 14534 (585) 586-4680 (Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) April 7, 2006 (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement) If the person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1 (b) (3) or (4), check the following box. [ ] (Page 1 of 5 pages) Item 1. Security and Issuer Common Stock Salomon Brothers Municipal Partners Fund II, Inc. Salomon Brothers Asset Management 125 Broad Street 10th Floor, MF-2 New York, New York 10004 Item 2. Identity and Background (a) Karpus Management, Inc. d/b/a Karpus Investment Management (?KIM?), George W. Karpus, President, Director and Controlling Stockholder, Jo Ann Van Degriff, Vice-President and Director, and Sophie Karpus, Director. (b) The address of KIM?s principal place of business and principal office is 183 Sully?s Trail, Pittsford, New York 14534. (c) Principal business and occupation ? Investment Management for individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, corporations, endowments, trust and others, specializing in conservative asset management (i.e. fixed income investments). (d) None of George W. Karpus, Jo Ann Van Degriff, or Sophie Karpus (?the Principals?) or KIM has been convicted in the past five years of any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations). (e) During the last five years none of the principals or KIM has been a party to a civil proceeding as a result of which any of them is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. (f) Each of the Principals is a United States citizen. KIM is a New York corporation. Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Considerations KIM, an independent investment advisor, has accumulated 324,625 shares of MPT on behalf of accounts that are managed by KIM (?the Accounts?) under limited powers of attorney. All funds that have been utilized in making such purchases are from such Accounts. Item 4. Purpose of Transaction KIM has purchased Shares for investment purposes. However, KIM reserves the right to contact management with regard to concerns that they have with respect to the Fund. This may include letters to the Board and/or other communications with Fund management. Being primarily a fixed income manager, with a specialty focus in the closed end fund sector, the profile of MPT fit the investment guidelines for various Accounts. Shares have been acquired since December 24, 1997. Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer (a) As of the date of this Report, KIM owns 324,625 shares, which represents 5.40% of the outstanding Shares. George Karpus presently owns 16,650 shares purchased on August 15 & 16, 2001 at $12.60 (7,500 shares), August 21 & September 19 at $12.71 (2,500 shares), April 14, 2003 at $13.06 (600 shares), and May 6, 7 & 9 at $13.40 (9400 shares).He sold on June 28, 2005 at $ 13.50 (200 shares), June 29 at $13.59 and $13.60 (1000 shares), and June 30 at $ 13.61 (100 shares), July 6, 2005 at $ 13.53 (300 shares), July 7 &11 at $ 13.56 (200 shares), July 14 at $13.54 (300 shares) and February 15, 2006 at $13.65 (50 shares). Jo Ann Van Degriff owns 1050 shares purchased on May 10, 2005 at $12.70. Karpus Management, Inc. presently owns 100 shares purchased on August 11, 2005 at $13.66. Urbana Partners, L.P. is a hedge fund managed by Karpus Investment Management, of which George W. Karpus owns 5.71%. Urbana Partners, L.P. currently owns 12,900 shares. None of the other Principals presently own shares. (b) KIM has the sole power to dispose of and to vote all of such Shares under limited powers of attorney. (c) The first open market purchase occurred on December 24, 1997 as previously reported. Open market purchases for the last 60 days for the Accounts. There have been no dispositions and no acquisitions, other than by such open market purchases, during such period. Date Shares Price Per Share Date Shares Price Per Share 2/14/2006 -5900 13.61 3/3/2006 -19000 13.31 2/15/2006 -100 13.67 The Accounts have the right to receive all dividends from, any proceeds from the sale of the Shares. KIM reserves the right to further accumulate or sell shares. None of the Accounts has an interest in shares constituting more than 5% of the Shares outstanding. Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings, or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer Except as described above, there are no contracts, arrangement, understandings or relationships of any kind among the Principals and KIM and between any of them and any other person with respect to any of the MPT securities. Item 7. Materials to be Filed as Exhibits Not applicable. SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete, and correct. Karpus Management, Inc. By: Name: Dana R. Consler Title: Senior Vice President Dated: April 7, 2006