KUALA LUMPUR, October 15 – Malaysia’s main ruling party agreed to internal voting reforms on Thursday in a bid to end the corruption that helped inflict the biggest ever losses on the government in last year’s national and state elections.

The reforms were approved as the second largest party in the National Front coalition, which has ruled the south-east Asian country for 52 years, appeared headed for a new bout of infighting with no decision on whether its leader would step down.