Yes, it's the expected behaviour... You can also remove them by running:
dpkg --purge `dpkg --get-selections | grep deinstall | cut -f1`
as proposed here:
http://blog.moybella.net/2007/09/05/cleaning-up-after-aptget-remove/

Apart from the above, I agree with you that purge should remove the
configuration files of a previously removed package...

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won't purge deinstalled packages
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244598
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