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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM N-PX

          ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
                               INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-08034

FRANKLIN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES TRUST
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY, SAN MATEO, CA 94403-1906
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

CRAIG S. TYLE, ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY, SAN MATEO, CA 94403-1906
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(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (650) 312-2000
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Date of fiscal year end:    4/30
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Date of reporting period:   6/30/09
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ITEM 1. PROXY VOTING RECORDS.


===================== FRANKLIN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES FUND =====================


ACADIA REALTY TRUST

Ticker:       AKR            Security ID:  004239109
Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 31, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Kenneth F. Bernstein     For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Douglas Crocker II       For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Suzanne Hopgood          For       Withhold     Management
1.4   Elect Director Lorrence T. Kellar       For       Withhold     Management
1.5   Elect Director Wendy Luscombe           For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director William T. Spitz         For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Lee S. Wielansky         For       Withhold     Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC.

Ticker:       ARE            Security ID:  015271109
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 31, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Joel S. Marcus           For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Richard B. Jennings      For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director John L. Atkins, III      For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Richard H. Klein         For       Withhold     Management
1.5   Elect Director James H. Richardson      For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Martin A. Simonetti      For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Alan G. Walton           For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       Against      Management


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AMB PROPERTY CORP.

Ticker:       AMB            Security ID:  00163T109
Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2009    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 3, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Hamid R. Moghadam        For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director T. Robert Burke          For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director David A. Cole            For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Lydia H. Kennard         For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director J. Michael Losh          For       Against      Management
1.6   Elect Director Frederick W. Reid        For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Jeffrey L. Skelton       For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Thomas W. Tusher         For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Carl B. Webb             For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       Against      Management


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AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.

Ticker:       AVB            Security ID:  053484101
Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 6, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Bryce Blair              For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Bruce A. Choate          For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director John J. Healy, Jr.       For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Gilbert M. Meyer         For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Timothy J. Naughton      For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Lance R. Primis          For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Peter S. Rummell         For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director H. Jay Sarles            For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director W. Edward Walter         For       For          Management
2     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       For          Management
3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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BOSTON PROPERTIES INC.

Ticker:       BXP            Security ID:  101121101
Meeting Date: MAY 19, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 24, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Frederick J. Iseman      For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Edward H. Linde          For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director David A. Twardock        For       Withhold     Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Declassify the Board of Directors       Against   For          Shareholder
4     Require a Majority Vote for the         Against   For          Shareholder
      Election of Directors
5     Prepare Sustainability Report           Against   Against      Shareholder
6     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   Against      Shareholder


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CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST

Ticker:       CPT            Security ID:  133131102
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2009    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 16, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Richard J. Campo         For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director William R. Cooper        For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Scott S. Ingraham        For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Lewis A. Levey           For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director William B. McGuire, Jr.  For       Withhold     Management
1.6   Elect Director William F. Paulsen       For       Withhold     Management
1.7   Elect Director D. Keith Oden            For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director  F. Gardner Parker       For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Steven A. Webster        For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Kelvin R. Westbrook      For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST, INC.

Ticker:       OFC            Security ID:  22002T108
Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 16, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Jay H. Shidler           For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Clay W. Hamlin, III      For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Thomas F. Brady          For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Robert L. Denton         For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Douglas M. Firstenberg   For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Randall M. Griffin       For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Steven D. Kesler         For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Kenneth S. Sweet, Jr.    For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Kenneth D. Wethe         For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORP.

Ticker:       DDR            Security ID:  251591103
Meeting Date: APR 9, 2009    Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:  MAR 6, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Issuance of Shares for a        For       For          Management
      Private Placement
2     Amend Stock Ownership Limitations       For       For          Management
3     Amend Securities Transfer Restrictions  For       For          Management
4     Fix Number of Directors                 For       For          Management
5     Adjourn Meeting                         For       For          Management


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DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORP.

Ticker:       DDR            Security ID:  251591103
Meeting Date: JUN 25, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 29, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Dean S. Adler            For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Terrance R. Ahern        For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Robert H. Gidel          For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Daniel B. Hurwitz        For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Volker Kraft             For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Victor B. MacFarlane     For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Craig Macnab             For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Scott D. Roulston        For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Barry A. Sholem          For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director William B. Summers, Jr.  For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Scott A. Wolstein        For       For          Management
2     Increase Authorized Common Stock        For       For          Management
3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       Against      Management
4     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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DOUGLAS EMMETT, INC.

Ticker:       DEI            Security ID:  25960P109
Meeting Date: JUN 11, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 13, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Dan A. Emmett            For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Jordan L. Kaplan         For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Kenneth M. Panzer        For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Leslie E. Bider          For       Withhold     Management
1.5   Elect Director Victor J. Coleman        For       Withhold     Management
1.6   Elect Director Ghebre S. Mehreteab      For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Thomas E. O'Hern         For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Dr. Andrea Rich          For       Withhold     Management
1.9   Elect Director William Wilson III       For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management


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EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.

Ticker:       EGP            Security ID:  277276101
Meeting Date: MAY 27, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 14, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director D. Pike Aloian           For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director H.c. Bailey, Jr.         For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Hayden C. Eaves, III     For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Fredric H. Gould         For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director David H. Hoster II       For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Mary E. McCormick        For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director David M. Osnos           For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Leland R. Speed          For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC

Ticker:       ELS            Security ID:  29472R108
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 6, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Philip C. Calian         For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director David J. Contis          For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Thomas E. Dobrowski      For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Thomas P. Heneghan       For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Sheli Z. Rosenberg       For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Howard Walker            For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Gary L. Waterman         For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Samuel Zell              For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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EQUITY RESIDENTIAL

Ticker:       EQR            Security ID:  29476L107
Meeting Date: JUN 11, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 31, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Trustee John W. Alexander         For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Trustee Charles L. Atwood         For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Trustee Boone A. Knox             For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Trustee John E. Neal              For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Trustee David J. Neithercut       For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Trustee Sheli Z. Rosenberg        For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Trustee Gerald A. Spector         For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Trustee B. Joseph White           For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Trustee Samuel Zell               For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Require a Majority Vote for the         Against   For          Shareholder
      Election of Directors


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ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC.

Ticker:       ESS            Security ID:  297178105
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2009    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  FEB 27, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director George M. Marcus         For       Withhold     Management
1.2   Elect Director Gary P. Martin           For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Michael J. Schall        For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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FEDERAL REALTY INVESTMENT TRUST

Ticker:       FRT            Security ID:  313747206
Meeting Date: MAY 6, 2009    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 19, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Elect Trustee Gail P. Steinel           For       For          Management
2     Elect Trustee Joseph S. Vassalluzzo     For       For          Management
3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
4     Declassify the Board of Trustees        For       For          Management
5     Amend Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison   For       Against      Management
      Pill)


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FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC.

Ticker:       FCE.A          Security ID:  345550107
Meeting Date: JUN 5, 2009    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 14, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Michael P. Esposito, Jr. For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Joan K. Shafran          For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Louis Stokes             For       Withhold     Management
1.4   Elect Director Stan Ross                For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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HCP INC.

Ticker:       HCP            Security ID:  40414L109
Meeting Date: APR 23, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 3, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Robert R. Fanning, Jr.   For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director James F. Flaherty III    For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Christine N. Garvey      For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director David B. Henry           For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Lauralee E. Martin       For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Michael D. McKee         For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Harold M. Messmer, Jr.   For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Peter L. Rhein           For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Kenneth B. Roath         For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Richard M. Rosenberg     For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Joseph P. Sullivan       For       For          Management
2     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       Against      Management
3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.

Ticker:       HCN            Security ID:  42217K106
Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2009    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 12, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Pier C. Borra            For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director George L. Chapman        For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Sharon M. Oster          For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Jeffrey R. Otten         For       For          Management
2     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       Against      Management
3     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.

Ticker:       HIW            Security ID:  431284108
Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 2, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Gene H. Anderson         For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director David J. Hartzell ,      For       For          Management
      Ph.D.
1.3   Elect Director L. Glenn Orr, Jr.        For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       Against      Management


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HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST

Ticker:       HPT            Security ID:  44106M102
Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 17, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Bruce M. Gans            For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Adam D. Portnoy          For       For          Management
2     Declassify the Board of Directors       Against   For          Shareholder


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HOST HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.

Ticker:       HST            Security ID:  44107P104
Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 17, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Roberts M. Baylis        For       Against      Management
1.2   Elect Director Terence C. Golden        For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Ann M. Korologos         For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Richard E. Marriott      For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Judith A. McHale         For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director John B. Morse, Jr.       For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director W. Edward Walter         For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       For          Management
4     Increase Authorized Common Stock        For       For          Management


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KIMCO REALTY CORP.

Ticker:       KIM            Security ID:  49446R109
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 18, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Milton Cooper            For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Richard G. Dooley        For       Withhold     Management
1.3   Elect Director Joe Grills               For       Withhold     Management
1.4   Elect Director David B. Henry           For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director F. Patrick Hughes        For       Withhold     Management
1.6   Elect Director Frank Lourenso           For       Withhold     Management
1.7   Elect Director Richard Saltzman         For       Withhold     Management
1.8   Elect Director Philip Coviello          For       Withhold     Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST

Ticker:       LRY            Security ID:  531172104
Meeting Date: MAY 21, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 20, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director William P. Hankowsky     For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director David L. Lingerfelt      For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Jose A. Mejia            For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       Against      Management


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MACERICH CO., THE

Ticker:       MAC            Security ID:  554382101
Meeting Date: JUN 8, 2009    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 10, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Elect Director Arthur M. Coppola        For       For          Management
2     Elect Director James S. Cownie          For       For          Management
3     Elect Director Mason G. Ross            For       For          Management
4     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
5     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management
6     Increase Authorized Common Stock        For       Against      Management


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MACK-CALI REALTY CORP.

Ticker:       CLI            Security ID:  554489104
Meeting Date: JUN 2, 2009    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 7, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Mitchell E. Hersh        For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director John R. Cali             For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Irvin D. Reid            For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Martin S. Berger         For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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NATIONWIDE HEALTH PROPERTIES, INC.

Ticker:       NHP            Security ID:  638620104
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2009    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 6, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director William K. Doyle         For       Withhold     Management
1.2   Elect Director Richard I. Gilchrist     For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Robert D. Paulson        For       Withhold     Management
1.4   Elect Director Jeffrey L. Rush          For       Withhold     Management
1.5   Elect Director Keith P. Russell         For       Withhold     Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       Against      Management


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PROLOGIS

Ticker:       PLD            Security ID:  743410102
Meeting Date: MAY 20, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 23, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Stephen L. Feinberg      For       Withhold     Management
1.2   Elect Director George L. Fotiades       For       Withhold     Management
1.3   Elect Director Christine N. Garvey      For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Lawrence V. Jackson      For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Donald P. Jacobs         For       Withhold     Management
1.6   Elect Director Walter C. Rakowich       For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director D. Michael Steuert       For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director J. Andre Teixeira        For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director William D. Zollars       For       Withhold     Management
1.10  Elect Director Andrea M. Zulberti       For       Withhold     Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC.

Ticker:       PSB            Security ID:  69360J107
Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2009    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 6, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Ronald L. Havner, Jr     For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Joseph D. Russell, Jr.   For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director R. Wesley Burns          For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Jennifer H. Dunbar       For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Arthur M. Friedman       For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director James H. Kropp           For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Harvey Lenkin            For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Michael V. McGee         For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Alan K. Pribble          For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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PUBLIC STORAGE

Ticker:       PSA            Security ID:  74460D109
Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2009    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 9, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Trustee B. Wayne Hughes           For       Withhold     Management
1.2   Elect Trustee Ronald L. Havner, Jr.     For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Trustee Dann V. Angeloff          For       Withhold     Management
1.4   Elect Trustee William C. Baker          For       Withhold     Management
1.5   Elect Trustee John T. Evans             For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Tamara Hughes Gustavson  For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Trustee Uri P. Harkham            For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Trustee B. Wayne Hughes, Jr       For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Harvey Lenkin            For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Trustee Gary E. Pruitt            For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Trustee Daniel C. Staton          For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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REALTY INCOME CORP.

Ticker:       O              Security ID:  756109104
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 12, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Kathleen R. Allen        For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Donald R. Cameron        For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Priya Cherian Huskins    For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Thomas A. Lewis          For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Michael D. McKee         For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Gregory T. McLaughlin    For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Ronald L. Merriman       For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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REGENCY CENTERS CORP.

Ticker:       REG            Security ID:  758849103
Meeting Date: MAY 5, 2009    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  FEB 24, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Martin E. Stein, Jr.     For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Raymond L. Bank          For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director C. Ronald Blankenship    For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director A. R. Carpenter          For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director J. Dix Druce             For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Mary Lou Fiala           For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Bruce M. Johnson         For       Withhold     Management
1.8   Elect Director Douglas S. Luke          For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director John C. Schweitzer       For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Brian M. Smith           For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Thomas G. Wattles        For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC.

Ticker:       SPG            Security ID:  828806109
Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2009    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 9, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Increase in Size of Board       For       For          Management
2     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement   For       For          Management
3     Increase Authorized Common Stock        For       For          Management
4     Amend Charter to Delete Obsolete or     For       For          Management
      Unnecessary Provisions
5.1   Elect Director Melvyn E. Bergstein      For       For          Management
5.2   Elect Director Linda Walker Bynoe       For       For          Management
5.3   Elect Director Karen N. Horn            For       Withhold     Management
5.4   Elect Director Reuben S. Leibowitz      For       For          Management
5.5   Elect Director J. Albert Smith, Jr.     For       For          Management
5.6   Elect Director Pieter S. van den Berg   For       For          Management
5.7   Elect Director Allan Hubbard            For       For          Management
5.8   Elect Director Daniel C. Smith          For       For          Management
6     Adjourn Meeting                         For       For          Management
7     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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SL GREEN REALTY CORP.

Ticker:       SLG            Security ID:  78440X101
Meeting Date: JUN 11, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 30, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Stephen L. Green         For       Withhold     Management
1.2   Elect Director John H. Alschuler, Jr.   For       Withhold     Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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SUN COMMUNITIES, INC.

Ticker:       SUI            Security ID:  866674104
Meeting Date: JUL 18, 2008   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 24, 2008

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Gary A. Shiffman         For       Withhold     Management
1.2   Elect Director Ronald L. Piasecki       For       Withhold     Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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TANGER FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS, INC.

Ticker:       SKT            Security ID:  875465106
Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2009    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 11, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Stanley K. Tanger        For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Steven B. Tanger         For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Jack Africk              For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director William G. Benton        For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Bridget Ryan Berman      For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Thomas E. Robinson       For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Allan L. Schuman         For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management


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TAUBMAN CENTERS, INC.

Ticker:       TCO            Security ID:  876664103
Meeting Date: MAY 29, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 31, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Graham T. Allison        For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Peter Karmanos, Jr.      For       Withhold     Management
1.3   Elect Director William S. Taubman       For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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UDR, INC.

Ticker:       UDR            Security ID:  902653104
Meeting Date: MAY 13, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 23, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Katherine A. Cattanach   For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Eric J. Foss             For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Robert P. Freeman        For       Withhold     Management
1.4   Elect Director Jon A. Grove             For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director James D. Klingbeil       For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Robert C. Larson         For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Thomas R. Oliver         For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Lynne B. Sagalyn         For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Mark J. Sandler          For       Withhold     Management
1.10  Elect Director Thomas W. Toomey         For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Thomas C. Wajnert        For       Withhold     Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       Against      Management
3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management


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VENTAS, INC.

Ticker:       VTR            Security ID:  92276F100
Meeting Date: MAY 7, 2009    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 16, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Debra A. Cafaro          For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Douglas Crocker II       For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Ronald G. Geary          For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Jay M. Gellert           For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Robert D. Reed           For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Sheli Z. Rosenberg       For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director James D. Shelton         For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Thomas C. Theobald       For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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VORNADO REALTY TRUST

Ticker:       VNO            Security ID:  929042109
Meeting Date: MAY 14, 2009   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 13, 2009

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Steven Roth              For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Michael D. Fascitelli    For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Russell B. Wight, Jr.    For       Withhold     Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management
3     Require a Majority Vote for the         Against   For          Shareholder
      Election of Directors
4     Require Independent Board Chairman      Against   For          Shareholder


                                   SIGNATURES

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.

(Registrant) FRANKLIN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES TRUST



By (Signature and Title)*/s/LAURA F. FERGERSON
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                         Laura F. Fergerson,
                         Chief Executive Officer - Finance and Administration

Date  AUGUST 27, 2009
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* PRINT THE NAME AND TITLE OF EACH SIGNING OFFICER UNDER HIS OR HER SIGNATURE.