Well, if you assume nobody that actively votes for a candidate doesn't want them for President that happens every election...
Still, because we have only two real parties it's much more rare compared to our fellow English speakers:
To take the UK for example, just since 1970:
Feb 1974: Labour with 37.2% (Tories got 37.9%)
Oct 1974: Labour with 39.2% (won a majority of seats)
1979: Tories with 43.9% (won a majority of seats) - Thatcher
1983: Tories with 42.4% (gained 58 seats!)
1987: Tories with 42.2% (still majority)
1992: Tories with 41.9% (majority)
1997: Labour with 43.2% (418 seats out of 659, gained 145 seats!) - Blair
2001: Labour with 40.7% (413 seats)
2005: Labour with 35.2% (still majority)
2010: Tories with 36.1% (gained 97 seats, needed LD for majority) - Cameron
And our neighbors to the north it happens:
1984: PC's get 50.0% (211/282 seats) - Mulroney
1988: PC's get 43.0% (majority)
1993: Liberals get 41.2% (majority, gain 96 seats...PC's fall to 2 seats) - Chretien
1997: Liberals get 38.5% (majority)
2000: Liberals get 40.9% (majority)
2004: Liberals get 36.7% (minority)
2006: Cons get 36.3% (minority) - Harper
2008: Cons get 37.7% (minority)
2011: Cons get 39.6% (majority)
For a period, the way you described was almost how it was happening in Canada, you had Reform, Alliance, NDP, PQ strong within only select provinces while the Liberals racked up enough wins across the country to gain majorities of seats with 60+% of the country voting for someone else.